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Farmers State Bank401(k)

FARMERS STATE BANK EMPLOYEES' 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · MARION, IA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.17%

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

Farmers State Bank reported $70,756 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.17% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,418 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 0.18% to 0.17%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 215th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 1,840th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, the employer put in $1.22 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 157 to 138 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$43,772,986
Participants with balances189
Active participants138
Employer contributions$1,023,665
Employee contributions$842,299
Employer contribution per active participant$7,418
Average account balance$231,603
Benefits paid to participants$3,767,405
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$43.8M · 189 accts · $1.0M emplr
2024$39.5M · 189 accts · $580K emplr
2023$36.7M · 197 accts · $561K emplr
2022$32.7M · 200 accts · $747K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$20,105
Investment management$36,319
Audit (IQPA)$14,332
Total administrative$70,756
The Farmers State Bank 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$7,418
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$7,418 per active participant
2024$4,056 per active participant
2023$3,743 per active participant
2022$4,756 per active participant

Farmers State Bank's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$20,105
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES · Investment advisory (plan)$41,338
CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN LLP. · Accounting / audit$14,332

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Vanguard
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history4
2025$70,756 · 0.17%
2024$76,751 · 0.20%
2023$68,306 · 0.20%
2022$65,742 · 0.18%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420109590 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.