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Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories, Inc.401(k)

MINNESOTA VALLEY TESTING LABORATORIES, INC. 401(K) EMPLOYEE SAVINGS & RETIREMENT PLAN · NEW ULM, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.18%

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

Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories, Inc. reported $42,807 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.18% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,069 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 0.12% to 0.18%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 769th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 193rd of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $5.40 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$25,670,569
Participants with balances235
Active participants179
Employer contributions$191,418
Employee contributions$1,033,925
Employer contribution per active participant$1,069
Average account balance$109,236
Benefits paid to participants$880,937
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.7M · 235 accts · $191K emplr
2023$22.5M · 225 accts · $179K emplr
2022$18.5M · 215 accts · $170K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,165
Investment management$15,347
Trustee / custodial$24,295
Total administrative$42,807
The Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,069
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,069 per active participant
2023$1,021 per active participant
2022$868 per active participant

Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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
ALERUS FINANCIAL, N.A · Recordkeeping · Trustee$27,460
INTELLICENTS INC. · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$15,347

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Alerus
2023Alerus

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Administrative cost history3
2024$42,807 · 0.18%
2023$41,840 · 0.20%
2022$25,572 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410812450 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.