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Bank of the Sierra401(k)

BANK OF THE SIERRA SAVINGS PLAN · PORTERVILLE, CA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.38%

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

Bank of the Sierra reported $171,899 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.38% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,743 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 0.13% to 0.38%. 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 the 1,802nd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 1,703rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $1.90 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$48,731,378
Participants with balances533
Active participants444
Employer contributions$1,217,963
Employee contributions$2,318,637
Employer contribution per active participant$2,743
Average account balance$91,428
Benefits paid to participants$4,203,899
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$48.7M · 533 accts · $1.2M emplr
2024$42.4M · 556 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$38.7M · 589 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$35.5M · 601 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$171,899
Total administrative$171,899
The Bank of the Sierra 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,743
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$2,743 per active participant
2024$2,345 per active participant
2023$2,752 per active participant
2022$2,349 per active participant

Bank of the Sierra's 2025 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20253
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$171,898
CREATIVE PLANNING, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp
CREATIVE PLANNING, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$171,899 · 0.38%
2024$155,014 · 0.38%
2023$53,110 · 0.14%
2022$50,805 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 942431437 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.