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Otter Tail Corporation401(k)

OTTER TAIL CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS · FARGO, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Otter Tail Corporation reported $337,914 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,732 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 fell from 0.10% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 13th-largest of 279 plans among North Dakota employers on file, and the 75th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $2.01 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$411,073,574
Participants with balances3,382
Active participants2,338
Employer contributions$8,724,791
Employee contributions$17,504,622
Employer contribution per active participant$3,732
Average account balance$121,547
Benefits paid to participants$42,933,878
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$411.1M · 3,382 accts · $8.7M emplr
2023$371.5M · 3,642 accts · $7.8M emplr
2022$323.2M · 3,403 accts · $7.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$300,244
Investment management$19,748
Audit (IQPA)$17,922
Total administrative$337,914
The Otter Tail Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,732
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,732 per active participant
2023$2,885 per active participant
2022$3,063 per active participant

Otter Tail Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$300,244
EIDE BAILLY LLP · Accounting / audit$17,922
MERCER · Investment advisory (plan)$14,925

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$337,914 · 0.09%
2023$368,695 · 0.11%
2022$355,231 · 0.10%
All plans at this employer2
OTTER TAIL CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS401(k)
OTTER TAIL CORPORATION EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANStock bonus plan
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 270383995 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.