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First State Bancshares, Inc.401(k)

FIRST STATE BANCSHARES, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING AND TRUST · FARMINGTON, MO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.30%

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

First State Bancshares, Inc. reported $145,033 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.30% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,715 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 0.33% to 0.30%. 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 320th-largest of 1,393 plans among Missouri employers on file, and the 1,650th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.33 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 625 to 769 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$50,536,436
Participants with balances769
Active participants769
Employer contributions$1,318,673
Employee contributions$3,068,902
Employer contribution per active participant$1,715
Average account balance$65,717
Benefits paid to participants$6,083,150
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$50.5M · 769 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$46.1M · 757 accts · $2.3M emplr
2022$38.6M · 746 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$50,184
Investment management$94,849
Total administrative$145,033
The First State Bancshares, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,715
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,715 per active participant
2023$3,562 per active participant
2022$2,342 per active participant

First State Bancshares, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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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 · 20242
NBC SECURITIES INC · Investment advisory (plan)$94,849

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$145,033 · 0.30%
2023$127,251 · 0.30%
2022$138,496 · 0.33%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 431345560 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.