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Valley Strong Credit Union401(k)

VALLEY STRONG CREDIT UNION PLAN AND TRUST · BAKERSFIELD, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Valley Strong Credit Union reported $17,219 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,018 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 0.08% to 0.04%. 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 1,937th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 1,814th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.41 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$44,741,913
Participants with balances706
Active participants574
Employer contributions$2,306,596
Employee contributions$3,247,893
Employer contribution per active participant$4,018
Average account balance$63,374
Benefits paid to participants$7,828,242
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTURNER, WARREN, HWANG & CONRAD, AC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$44.7M · 706 accts · $2.3M emplr
2023$41.6M · 705 accts · $2.3M emplr
2022$32.8M · 706 accts · $2.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$15,407
Investment management$1,812
Total administrative$17,219
The Valley Strong Credit Union 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,018
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,018 per active participant
2023$3,853 per active participant
2022$3,751 per active participant

Valley Strong 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 · 20242
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES INC · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$17,328

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$17,219 · 0.04%
2023$22,364 · 0.06%
2022$26,496 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 951652797 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.