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First Bank Chicago401(k)

FIRST BANK CHICAGO RETIREMENT PLAN · HIGHLAND PARK, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

First Bank Chicago reported $3,743 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $9,429 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 has held roughly steady near 0.008%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 904th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 1,651st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$50,533,644
Participants with balances178
Active participants144
Employer contributions$1,357,747
Employee contributions$2,215,903
Employer contribution per active participant$9,429
Average account balance$283,897
Benefits paid to participants$5,227,029
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$50.5M · 178 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$46.0M · 178 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$36.1M · 175 accts · $1.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,743
Total administrative$3,743
The First Bank Chicago 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,429
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$9,429 per active participant
2023$9,483 per active participant
2022$11,929 per active participant

First Bank Chicago's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$4,267

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$3,743 · 0.01%
2023$4,952 · 0.01%
2022$3,069 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362304516 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.