Northern Star (Pogo) LLC401(k)
NORTHERN STAR (POGO) LLC 401K PLAN · FAIRBANKS, AK · plan year 2024
Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Northern Star (Pogo) LLC reported $241,905 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.37% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,080 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 0.33% to 0.37%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 29th-largest of 160 plans among Alaska employers on file, and the 147th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, employees put in $1.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 551 to 650 since 2022.
Northern Star (Pogo) LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 920173618 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.