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Northern Improvement Company401(k)

NORTHERN IMPROVEMENT COMPANY 401K PLAN · FARGO, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.29%

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

Northern Improvement Company reported $114,303 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.29% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,862 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 0.27% to 0.29%. 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 64th-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and the 1,198th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, employees put in $1.79 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$41,929,521
Participants with balances289
Active participants299
Employer contributions$855,644
Employee contributions$1,527,987
Employer contribution per active participant$2,862
Average account balance$145,085
Benefits paid to participants$2,358,354
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$41.9M · 289 accts · $856K emplr
2023$36.8M · 278 accts · $847K emplr
2022$32.9M · 250 accts · $733K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$114,303
Total administrative$114,303
The Northern Improvement Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,862
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,862 per active participant
2023$2,919 per active participant
2022$2,371 per active participant

Northern Improvement Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size. 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
ASCENSUS · Contract administrator$71,559
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC · Investment advisory (plan)$42,744

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$114,303 · 0.29%
2023$98,028 · 0.28%
2022$99,196 · 0.27%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 450262344 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.