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Tower Federal Credit Union401(k)

TOWER FEDERAL CREDIT UNION SAVINGS PLAN · LAUREL, MD · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.13%

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

Tower Federal Credit Union reported $128,253 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.13% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,006 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.17% to 0.13%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 157th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 932nd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $2.57 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 556 to 625 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$110,109,417
Participants with balances834
Active participants625
Employer contributions$1,878,676
Employee contributions$4,833,495
Employer contribution per active participant$3,006
Average account balance$132,026
Benefits paid to participants$5,942,259
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDOERENMAYHEW ASSURANCE
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$110.1M · 834 accts · $1.9M emplr
2024$91.7M · 822 accts · $1.8M emplr
2023$78.0M · 801 accts · $1.5M emplr
2022$62.2M · 772 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$62,888
Investment management$16,455
Total administrative$128,253
The Tower Federal Credit Union 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,006
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$3,006 per active participant
2024$2,848 per active participant
2023$2,450 per active participant
2022$2,107 per active participant

Tower Federal Credit Union's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
CERITY PARTNERS RETIREMENT PLAN AD · Investment advisory (plan)$59,869
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$53,999
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$16,455

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history4
2025$128,253 · 0.13%
2024$119,548 · 0.14%
2023$123,848 · 0.18%
2022$115,779 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 530214895 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.