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First Western Bank & Trust401(k)

FIRST WESTERN BANK & TRUST 401(K) · MINOT, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

First Western Bank & Trust reported $46,593 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,389 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 0.06% to 0.11%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 58th-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and the 1,844th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.80 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$43,674,583
Participants with balances455
Active participants308
Employer contributions$1,351,939
Employee contributions$2,429,403
Employer contribution per active participant$4,389
Average account balance$95,988
Benefits paid to participants$8,035,130
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$43.7M · 455 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$40.3M · 451 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$32.8M · 422 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$46,593
Total administrative$46,593
The First Western Bank & Trust 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,389
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,389 per active participant
2023$4,332 per active participant
2022$3,957 per active participant

First Western Bank & Trust's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
EPIC RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$46,593

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024EPIC RPS
2023EPIC RPS

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Administrative cost history3
2024$46,593 · 0.11%
2023$28,696 · 0.08%
2022$20,010 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450279825 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.