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Industrial Credit Union of Whatcom County401(k)

INDUSTRIAL CREDIT UNION OF WHATCOM COUNTY 401(K) PLAN · BELLINGHAM, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Industrial Credit Union of Whatcom County reported $1,450 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,089 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 0.01% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (1,143rd of 1,714), and 4,109th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.59 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 106 to 90 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,729,440
Participants with balances125
Active participants90
Employer contributions$278,010
Employee contributions$442,295
Employer contribution per active participant$3,089
Average account balance$69,836
Benefits paid to participants$904,948
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.7M · 125 accts · $278K emplr
2023$8.0M · 132 accts · $318K emplr
2022$6.3M · 131 accts · $317K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,450
Total administrative$1,450
The Industrial Credit Union of Whatcom County 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,089
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$3,089 per active participant
2023$3,115 per active participant
2022$2,990 per active participant

Industrial Credit Union of Whatcom County's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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Service providers · 20241
ALERA INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLCindirect 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$1,450 · 0.02%
2023$1,700 · 0.02%
2022$900 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 910587877 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.