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First Financial Northwest, Inc.401(k)

FIRST FINANCIAL NORTHWEST SAVINGS PLAN · RENTON, WA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.19%

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

First Financial Northwest, Inc. reported $25,053 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.19% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $9,671 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 rose from 0.18% to 0.28%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Washington (863rd of 1,714), and 3,534th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $1.04 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,621,843
Participants with balances226
Active participants135
Employer contributions$1,305,553
Employee contributions$1,361,837
Employer contribution per active participant$9,671
Average account balance$64,698
Benefits paid to participants$2,190,857
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0
2024$11.1M · 140 accts · $1.0M emplr
2023$14.6M · 226 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$12.0M · 216 accts · $313K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,053
Total administrative$25,053
The First Financial Northwest, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$9,671
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$7,774 per active participant
2023$9,671 per active participant
2022$2,174 per active participant

First Financial Northwest, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. 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 · 20232
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$21,252
HUNNEX AND SHOEMAKER INC · Contract administrator · Other services$5,575

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

Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$35,658 · 0.28%
2023$25,053 · 0.19%
2022$23,464 · 0.18%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 260610707 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.