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North State Bank401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

NORTH STATE BANK 401K PLAN AND ESOP · RALEIGH, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

North State Bank reported $94,516 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 0.32%. 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 554th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 2,378th of 4,798 in finance & insurance.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,887,510
Participants with balances322
Active participants201
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$1,387,285
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$95,924
Benefits paid to participants$3,637,410
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.9M · 322 accts
2023$29.1M · $1.5M emplr
2022$26.9M · 326 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,692
Total administrative$94,516
The North State Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$2,416
2023$7,158 per active participant
2022$5,362 per active participant

North State Bank's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20242
AT RETIREMENT SERVICES, LLC · Recordkeeping · Other servicesindirect comp
GUARDIAN WEALTH PARTNERS · Investment advisory (participants)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 year2
2024AT RETIREMENT SERVICES, LLC
2023AT RETIREMENT SERVICES, LLC

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Administrative cost history3
2024$94,516 · 0.32%
2023$92,749 · 0.33%
2022$84,685 · 0.31%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 562183599 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.