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Community Bank System, Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

COMMUNITY BANK SYSTEM, INC. 401(K) EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · DEWITT, NY · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.02%

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

Community Bank System, Inc. reported $96,361 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,748 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 fell from 0.023% to 0.020%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 223rd-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 305th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $1.69 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$509,337,923
Participants with balances3,495
Active participants2,702
Employer contributions$10,127,180
Employee contributions$17,073,086
Employer contribution per active participant$3,748
Average account balance$145,733
Benefits paid to participants$47,005,928
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$509.3M · 3,495 accts · $10.1M emplr
2024$474.2M · 3,479 accts · $9.8M emplr
2023$415.6M · 3,588 accts · $9.1M emplr
2022$379.5M · 3,584 accts · $8.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$88,689
Investment management$1,998
Total administrative$96,361
The Community Bank System, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,748
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$3,748 per active participant
2024$3,675 per active participant
2023$3,426 per active participant
2022$2,923 per active participant

Community Bank System, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,295 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 · 20251
BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN SERVICES, INC. · Recordkeeping · Custodial (securities)$96,361

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN SERVICES, INC.
2024BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN SERVICES, INC.
2023BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN SERVICES, INC.

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Administrative cost history4
2025$96,361 · 0.02%
2024$98,613 · 0.02%
2023$98,365 · 0.02%
2022$96,735 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 161213679 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.