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North Country Healthcare403(b)

NORTH COUNTRY HEALTHCARE RETIREMENT PLAN · WHITEFIELD, NH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

North Country Healthcare reported $132,794 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,575 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 0.17%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 43rd-largest of 411 plans among New Hampshire employers on file, and the 1,237th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $3.27 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,015 to 1,165 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$85,262,702
Participants with balances1,300
Active participants1,165
Employer contributions$1,834,670
Employee contributions$5,996,815
Employer contribution per active participant$1,575
Average account balance$65,587
Benefits paid to participants$7,006,526
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIPFLI LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$85.3M · 1,300 accts · $1.8M emplr
2023$74.4M · 1,216 accts · $1.5M emplr
2022$65.4M · 1,226 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$132,794
Total administrative$132,794
Employer contributions to the North Country Healthcare plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,575
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,575 per active participant
2023$1,286 per active participant
2022$1,305 per active participant

North Country Healthcare's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$132,794

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$132,794 · 0.17%
2023$116,962 · 0.17%
2022$114,177 · 0.16%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 812225283 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.