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Valleylife401(k)

403(B) THRIFT PLAN OF VALLEYLIFE · PHOENIX, AZ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Valleylife reported $5,313 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $344 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 rose from 0.06% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Arizona (724th of 1,285), and 6,888th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.88 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 360 to 443 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,967,410
Participants with balances594
Active participants443
Employer contributions$152,290
Employee contributions$285,718
Employer contribution per active participant$344
Average account balance$11,730
Benefits paid to participants$516,692
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFESTER & CHAPMAN PLLC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$6.8M · 640 accts · $148K emplr
2024$7.0M · 594 accts · $152K emplr
2023$6.2M · 630 accts · $175K emplr
2022$5.4M · 630 accts · $198K emplr
The Valleylife 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$344
Median for plans this size$1,313
2025$319 per active participant
2024$344 per active participant
2023$436 per active participant
2022$550 per active participant

Valleylife's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20241
MUTUAL OF AMERICA INVESTMENT CORP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$9,516

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Mutual of America
2024Mutual of America
2023Mutual of America

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Administrative cost history4
2025$5,818 · 0.08%
2024$5,313 · 0.08%
2023$2,695 · 0.05%
2022$3,234 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 860135840 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.