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Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach401(k)

FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK OF LONG BEACH PROFIT SHARING AND 401(K) PLAN · LONG BEACH, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach reported $175,944 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $8,665 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 fell from 0.115% to 0.107%. 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 625th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 651st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, the employer put in $2.07 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$174,470,091
Participants with balances987
Active participants895
Employer contributions$7,754,977
Employee contributions$3,748,787
Employer contribution per active participant$8,665
Average account balance$176,768
Benefits paid to participants$10,561,111
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$174.5M · 987 accts · $7.8M emplr
2023$153.0M · 930 accts · $10.7M emplr
2022$126.0M · 894 accts · $9.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$113,742
Audit (IQPA)$21,500
Total administrative$175,944
The Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,665
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$8,665 per active participant
2023$12,253 per active participant
2022$11,221 per active participant

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach'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 · 20243
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$113,742
BENEFIT FINACIAL SERVICES GROUP · Consulting$40,000
WINDES INC. · Accounting / audit$21,500

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024T. Rowe Price
2023T. Rowe Price

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Administrative cost history3
2024$175,944 · 0.11%
2023$171,673 · 0.12%
2022$153,179 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 950726412 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.