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Fifth Third Bancorp401(k)

FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · CINCINNATI, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Fifth Third Bancorp reported $2,051,704 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,042 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 0.051% to 0.054%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 17th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 51st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,005,784,192
Participants with balances23,249
Active participants18,855
Employer contributions$113,929,251
Employee contributions$147,904,000
Employer contribution per active participant$6,042
Average account balance$172,299
Benefits paid to participants$380,756,718
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.0B · 23,249 accts · $113.9M emplr
2023$3.6B · 23,622 accts · $113.1M emplr
2022$3.1B · 23,881 accts · $110.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$33,884
Investment management$1,953,716
Trustee / custodial$10,486
Total administrative$2,051,704
The Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,042
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$6,042 per active participant
2023$5,950 per active participant
2022$5,638 per active participant

Fifth Third Bancorp's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20247
EMPOWER TRUST COMPANY, LLC · Recordkeeping$19,909
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$1,613,845
BARROW, HANLEY, MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS · Investment advisory (plan)$339,871
THOMPSON HINE LLP · Legal$53,618
BANK NEW YORK (BNY) · Custodial (securities)$10,487
EMPOWER FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. · Securities brokerage$8,610

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023Empower

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Administrative cost history3
2024$2,051,704 · 0.05%
2023$1,823,483 · 0.05%
2022$1,758,804 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 310854434 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.