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United Quality Cooperative401(k)

UNITED QUALITY COOPERATIVE 401(K) PLAN · NEW TOWN, ND · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.73%

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

United Quality Cooperative reported $54,469 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.73% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,665 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 0.31% to 0.73%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Dakota (194th of 279), and 3,178th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, the employer put in $1.05 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 135 to 152 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,223,612
Participants with balances242
Active participants152
Employer contributions$557,034
Employee contributions$529,212
Employer contribution per active participant$3,665
Average account balance$33,982
Benefits paid to participants$674,515
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.2M · 242 accts · $557K emplr
2023$6.7M · 198 accts · $782K emplr
2022$4.8M · 141 accts · $237K emplr
The United Quality Cooperative 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,665
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$3,665 per active participant
2023$6,625 per active participant
2022$1,752 per active participant

United Quality Cooperative's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. 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 · 20245
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Investment management$3,659
LPL FINANCIAL LLC-RPCP · Investment advisory (participants)$15,853
CETERA ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$11,066
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$8,842
WILSHIRE ASSOCIATES INC(USA) · Investment advisory (participants)$1,430

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$54,469 · 0.73%
2023$37,022 · 0.64%
2022$20,623 · 0.31%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 475516403 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.