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Qualstar Credit Union401(k)

QUALSTAR CREDIT UNION 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BOTHELL, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.27%

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

Qualstar Credit Union reported $41,135 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.27% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,485 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 0.40% to 0.27%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 823rd-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and 3,439th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.29 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 178 to 106 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,675,752
Participants with balances157
Active participants106
Employer contributions$263,380
Employee contributions$601,878
Employer contribution per active participant$2,485
Average account balance$99,846
Benefits paid to participants$2,245,466
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCLA (CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN LLP)
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.7M · 157 accts · $263K emplr
2023$14.9M · 210 accts · $324K emplr
2022$12.9M · 123 accts · $320K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$20,535
Investment management$20,600
Total administrative$41,135
The Qualstar Credit Union 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,485
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,485 per active participant
2023$2,941 per active participant
2022$1,798 per active participant

Qualstar Credit Union'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 · 20243
USI ADVISORS INC · Investment advisory (plan)$20,600
FIDUCIARY OUTSOURCING LLC · Contract administrator$910

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$41,135 · 0.27%
2023$31,375 · 0.23%
2022$57,507 · 0.40%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 916035907 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.