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Nbt Bancorp Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

NBT BANCORP INC. 401(K) & EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · NORWICH, NY · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.01%

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

Nbt Bancorp Inc. reported $28,590 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,903 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 fell from 0.008% to 0.007%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 257th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 346th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $2.40 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,838 to 2,271 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$415,370,646
Participants with balances2,795
Active participants2,271
Employer contributions$6,591,657
Employee contributions$15,806,249
Employer contribution per active participant$2,903
Average account balance$148,612
Benefits paid to participants$33,787,979
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$415.4M · 2,795 accts · $6.6M emplr
2024$366.4M · 2,555 accts · $7.1M emplr
2023$320.8M · 2,517 accts · $5.3M emplr
2022$274.5M · 2,341 accts · $5.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$28,590
Total administrative$28,590
The Nbt Bancorp Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,903
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$2,903 per active participant
2024$3,464 per active participant
2023$2,637 per active participant
2022$3,164 per active participant

Nbt Bancorp Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,295 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
EPIC RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$28,590
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Custodial (securities)indirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025EPIC RPS
2024EPIC RPS
2023EPIC RPS

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Administrative cost history4
2025$28,590 · 0.01%
2024$25,806 · 0.01%
2023$38,674 · 0.01%
2022$23,478 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 161268674 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.