Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Gate City Bank401(k)

GATE CITY BANK RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · FARGO, ND · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.06%

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

Gate City Bank reported $53,711 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,442 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 rose from 0.03% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 29th-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and the 1,008th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $1.48 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$98,973,626
Participants with balances775
Active participants797
Employer contributions$2,743,557
Employee contributions$4,073,324
Employer contribution per active participant$3,442
Average account balance$127,708
Benefits paid to participants$3,515,083
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$99.0M · 775 accts · $2.7M emplr
2024$79.7M · 747 accts · $2.6M emplr
2023$69.2M · 728 accts · $2.5M emplr
2022$53.7M · 717 accts · $2.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$53,711
Total administrative$53,711
The Gate City Bank 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,442
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$3,442 per active participant
2024$3,262 per active participant
2023$3,245 per active participant
2022$3,401 per active participant

Gate City Bank's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$53,711

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$53,711 · 0.06%
2024$43,481 · 0.06%
2023$36,998 · 0.06%
2022$19,302 · 0.03%
Same employer
Similar plansFinance & Insurance · North Dakota
State Bankshares, Inc. ND$319.4M · 0.01%
Alerus Financial ND$191.0M · 0.01%
Bravera Holdings Corp. ND$121.3M · 0.01%
Nodak Insurance Company ND$51.5M · 0.30%
Choice Financial Group ND$46.2M · 0.22%

Why are you looking at this plan?

Compare

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450138060 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.