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Trailwest Bank401(k)

TRAILWEST BANK 401(K) PLAN · MISSOULA, MT · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.36%

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

Trailwest Bank reported $35,593 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.36% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,922 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 0.51% to 0.36%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Montana (122nd of 229), and 3,877th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $1.97 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 136 to 161 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,198,020
Participants with balances120
Active participants161
Employer contributions$309,384
Employee contributions$609,016
Employer contribution per active participant$1,922
Average account balance$93,317
Benefits paid to participants$412,603
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCARVER, FLOREK & JAMES CPA'S
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$11.2M · 120 accts · $309K emplr
2024$8.8M · 114 accts · $287K emplr
2023$7.6M · 153 accts · $261K emplr
2022$6.1M · 111 accts · $248K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,845
Investment management$32,748
Total administrative$35,593
The Trailwest Bank 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$1,922
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$1,922 per active participant
2024$1,899 per active participant
2023$1,766 per active participant
2022$1,826 per active participant

Trailwest Bank's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $2,666 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 · 20252
JULY BUSINESS SERVICES · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$2,845
D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (participants)$32,748

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025July Business Services
2024July Business Services
2023DIGITAL RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS, INC., July Business Services

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Trailwest Bank before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history4
2025$35,593 · 0.36%
2024$29,114 · 0.36%
2023$28,760 · 0.42%
2022$33,513 · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 810402347 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.