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Metro Bank401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

METRO BANK 401(K)PLAN · PELL CITY, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.35%

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

Metro Bank reported $73,453 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.35% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,806 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 0.38% to 0.35%. 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 283rd-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and 2,867th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.25 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,570,951
Participants with balances184
Active participants146
Employer contributions$555,649
Employee contributions$695,408
Employer contribution per active participant$3,806
Average account balance$122,668
Benefits paid to participants$985,203
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.6M · 184 accts · $556K emplr
2023$19.3M · 174 accts · $554K emplr
2022$18.0M · 178 accts · $535K emplr
The Metro Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,806
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,806 per active participant
2023$3,872 per active participant
2022$3,793 per active participant

Metro Bank's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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.

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
WAVERLY ADVISORS, LLC · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (participants)$73,453

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$73,453 · 0.35%
2023$70,041 · 0.38%
2022$72,445 · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 621372975 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.