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Northern Clearing Inc.401(k)

NORTHERN CLEARING 401(K) PLAN · ASHLAND, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

Northern Clearing Inc. reported $1,150 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,862 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 0.004% to 0.005%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 720th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 1,702nd of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, employees put in $1.12 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 274 to 236 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$25,686,456
Participants with balances167
Active participants236
Employer contributions$1,147,392
Employee contributions$1,287,907
Employer contribution per active participant$4,862
Average account balance$153,811
Benefits paid to participants$2,047,810
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.7M · 167 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$22.2M · 156 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$16.9M · 155 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,150
Total administrative$1,150
The Northern Clearing Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,862
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,862 per active participant
2023$4,319 per active participant
2022$3,712 per active participant

Northern Clearing Inc.'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 · 20241
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS. · Trustee (directed) · Other services$1,150

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$1,150 · 0.00%
2023$900 · 0.00%
2022$650 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 391078041 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.