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Far Bank401(k)

FAR BANK RETIREMENT PLAN · BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Far Bank reported $1,800 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $959 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 0.01% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (983rd of 1,714), and 8,104th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $5.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,748,120
Participants with balances317
Active participants213
Employer contributions$204,288
Employee contributions$1,036,740
Employer contribution per active participant$959
Average account balance$37,060
Benefits paid to participants$2,051,409
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBAKER TILLY US, LLP, BTUS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.7M · 317 accts · $204K emplr
2023$11.0M · 289 accts · $204K emplr
2022$9.8M · 292 accts · $187K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,800
Total administrative$1,800
The Far Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$959
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$959 per active participant
2023$909 per active participant
2022$860 per active participant

Far Bank's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$1,800

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$1,800 · 0.02%
2023$1,763 · 0.02%
2022$1,575 · 0.01%
Similar plansManufacturing · Washington
Sedron Technologies WA$12.1M · 0.24%
Braun Northwest, Inc. WA$12.1M · 0.40%
Precept Brands, LLC WA$12.0M · 0.05%
Echodyne Corp. WA$11.8M · 0.19%
Setina Manufacturing WA$11.6M · 0.06%
Glowforge, Inc. WA$11.6M · 0.04%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 911046164 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.