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Banner Corporation401(k)

BANNER CORPORATION 401(K)/PROFIT SHARING PLAN · WALLA WALLA, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

Banner Corporation reported $261,056 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,544 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 0.10% to 0.11%. 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 84th-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 493rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.24 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$258,608,980
Participants with balances2,711
Active participants1,957
Employer contributions$6,935,324
Employee contributions$15,512,509
Employer contribution per active participant$3,544
Average account balance$95,392
Benefits paid to participants$25,200,329
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$258.6M · 2,711 accts · $6.9M emplr
2023$229.3M · 2,779 accts · $7.0M emplr
2022$193.9M · 2,819 accts · $6.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$214,673
Investment management$46,383
Total administrative$261,056
The Banner Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,544
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,544 per active participant
2023$3,638 per active participant
2022$3,415 per active participant

Banner Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$214,673
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$46,383

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$261,056 · 0.11%
2023$214,806 · 0.10%
2022$218,740 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 911691604 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.