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Mechanics Bank401(k)

MECHANICS BANK PROFIT SHARING/401(K) PLAN · WALNUT CREEK, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Mechanics Bank reported $128,053 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,349 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 0.03% to 0.06%. 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 544th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 556th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $3.25 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,815 to 1,484 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$214,607,474
Participants with balances2,171
Active participants1,484
Employer contributions$3,486,259
Employee contributions$11,317,516
Employer contribution per active participant$2,349
Average account balance$98,852
Benefits paid to participants$25,852,171
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$214.6M · 2,171 accts · $3.5M emplr
2023$193.5M · 2,293 accts · $4.0M emplr
2022$178.7M · 2,518 accts · $5.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$111,199
Investment management$16,854
Total administrative$128,053
The Mechanics Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,349
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,349 per active participant
2023$2,587 per active participant
2022$2,733 per active participant

Mechanics Bank's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$111,527
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$16,854

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$128,053 · 0.06%
2023$127,090 · 0.07%
2022$57,538 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 940672780 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.