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Choice Financial Group401(k)

CHOICE FINANCIAL GROUP 401K PLAN · GRAND FORKS, ND · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.22%

Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Choice Financial Group reported $92,419 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,807 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.58% to 0.27%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 55th-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and the 1,773rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $2.10 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$46,228,146
Participants with balances580
Active participants521
Employer contributions$1,983,647
Employee contributions$4,168,128
Employer contribution per active participant$3,807
Average account balance$79,704
Benefits paid to participants$4,956,489
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$41.6M · 514 accts · $2.1M emplr
2023$46.2M · 580 accts · $2.0M emplr
2022$37.1M · 532 accts · $1.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$92,419
Total administrative$92,419
The Choice Financial Group 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,807
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$4,744 per active participant
2023$3,807 per active participant
2022$3,457 per active participant

Choice Financial Group's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$92,419
LPL FINANCIAL LLC · Other servicesindirect comp
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$118,739 · 0.27%
2023$92,419 · 0.22%
2022$233,973 · 0.58%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450117790 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.