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Frontwave Credit Union401(k)

FRONTWAVE CREDIT UNION RETIREMENT PLAN · OCEANSIDE, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Frontwave Credit Union reported $23,269 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,088 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.083%. 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 2,793rd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and 2,495th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.36 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$28,427,717
Participants with balances394
Active participants245
Employer contributions$1,001,461
Employee contributions$1,364,981
Employer contribution per active participant$4,088
Average account balance$72,152
Benefits paid to participants$5,828,071
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTURNER, WARREN, HWANG & CONRAD AC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$28.4M · 394 accts · $1.0M emplr
2023$27.7M · 391 accts · $1.0M emplr
2022$23.3M · 408 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$23,269
Total administrative$23,269
The Frontwave Credit Union 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,088
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,088 per active participant
2023$3,960 per active participant
2022$4,703 per active participant

Frontwave Credit Union's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$52,370

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023Securian

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Frontwave Credit Union before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$23,269 · 0.08%
2023$22,744 · 0.09%
2022$20,620 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 951820763 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.