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Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California401(k)

FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK OF CENT CA INTEGRATED PSP · LODI, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.29%

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

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California reported $247,079 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.29% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $10,586 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 0.23% to 0.29%. 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 1,095th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 1,085th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, the employer put in $1.35 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$90,034,493
Participants with balances489
Active participants363
Employer contributions$3,842,686
Employee contributions$2,848,210
Employer contribution per active participant$10,586
Average account balance$184,120
Benefits paid to participants$11,220,457
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$90.0M · 489 accts · $3.8M emplr
2023$83.3M · 489 accts · $3.9M emplr
2022$73.6M · 460 accts · $3.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$183,453
Investment management$85,626
Total administrative$247,079
The Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$10,586
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$10,586 per active participant
2023$10,305 per active participant
2022$9,657 per active participant

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20244
CARLSON QUINN · Other services$10,596
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (participants)$4,958
SAGEVIEW ADVISORY GROUP LLC$2,092
VOYA RETIREMENT INS & ANNUITY CO · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

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$247,079 · 0.29%
2023$275,336 · 0.35%
2022$181,162 · 0.23%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 940467440 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.