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Whatcom Educational Credit Union401(k)

WHATCOM EDUCATIONAL CREDIT UNION RETIREMENT PLAN · BELLINGHAM, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Whatcom Educational Credit Union reported $145,442 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,668 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 has held roughly steady near 0.22%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 244th-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 1,279th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, the employer put in $1.28 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$71,679,428
Participants with balances599
Active participants418
Employer contributions$3,205,388
Employee contributions$2,509,673
Employer contribution per active participant$7,668
Average account balance$119,665
Benefits paid to participants$3,138,321
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$71.7M · 599 accts · $3.2M emplr
2023$59.2M · 596 accts · $2.8M emplr
2022$46.5M · 578 accts · $2.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$63,190
Investment management$82,252
Total administrative$145,442
The Whatcom Educational Credit Union 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,668
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$7,668 per active participant
2023$6,528 per active participant
2022$6,512 per active participant

Whatcom Educational Credit Union's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20242
ALERA INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$82,252
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$63,190

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$145,442 · 0.22%
2023$119,181 · 0.23%
2022$117,417 · 0.23%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 910712539 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.