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Ketel Thorstenson, LLP401(k)

KETEL THORSTENSON, LLP 401K PROFIT SHARING PLAN · RAPID CITY, SD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

Ketel Thorstenson, LLP reported $107,682 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,183 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 0.29% to 0.32%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 57th-largest of 233 plans among South Dakota employers on file, and the 3,642nd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.33 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 121 to 137 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$35,463,317
Participants with balances170
Active participants137
Employer contributions$573,034
Employee contributions$1,334,638
Employer contribution per active participant$4,183
Average account balance$208,608
Benefits paid to participants$3,669,818
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$35.5M · 170 accts · $573K emplr
2023$32.4M · 167 accts · $504K emplr
2022$26.6M · 158 accts · $449K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$107,682
Total administrative$107,682
The Ketel Thorstenson, LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,183
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,183 per active participant
2023$3,793 per active participant
2022$3,707 per active participant

Ketel Thorstenson, LLP'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 · 20242
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment advisory (plan)$86,118
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS. · Trustee (directed) · Other services$22,963

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$107,682 · 0.32%
2023$86,362 · 0.29%
2022$85,731 · 0.29%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 460257538 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.