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Bay State Savings Bank401(k)

SBERA 401(K) PLAN AS ADOPTED BY BAY STATE SAVINGS BANK · WORCESTER, MA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.00%

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

Bay State Savings Bank reported $350 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,391 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 0.00% to 0.01%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (2,093rd of 2,726), and 4,227th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $3.64 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,507,950
Participants with balances127
Active participants78
Employer contributions$108,485
Employee contributions$395,255
Employer contribution per active participant$1,391
Average account balance$59,118
Benefits paid to participants$1,382,124
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.5M · 122 accts · $99K emplr
2023$7.5M · 127 accts · $108K emplr
2022$7.3M · 121 accts · $100K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$350
Total administrative$350
The Bay State Savings Bank 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,391
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$1,303 per active participant
2023$1,391 per active participant
2022$1,337 per active participant

Bay State Savings Bank's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history3
2024$500 · 0.01%
2023$350 · 0.00%
2022$340 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 753238872 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.