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Berkshire Bank401(k)

BERKSHIRE BANK 401(K) PLAN · PITTSFIELD, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Berkshire Bank reported $156,353 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,461 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 0.08% to 0.09%. 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 281st-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 619th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.35 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$182,748,321
Participants with balances1,627
Active participants942
Employer contributions$3,260,369
Employee contributions$7,677,361
Employer contribution per active participant$3,461
Average account balance$112,322
Benefits paid to participants$15,979,442
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$182.7M · 1,627 accts · $3.3M emplr
2023$164.5M · 1,669 accts · $3.1M emplr
2022$149.6M · 1,679 accts · $2.9M emplr
The Berkshire Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,461
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,461 per active participant
2023$3,074 per active participant
2022$3,012 per active participant

Berkshire Bank'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
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$118,344
VANGUARD ADVISERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$43,179

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$156,353 · 0.09%
2023$146,951 · 0.09%
2022$129,713 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 043312097 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.