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Norway Savings Bank401(k)

NORWAY SAVINGS BANK 401(K) PLAN · NORWAY, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

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

Norway Savings Bank reported $68,783 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,900 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 0.15% to 0.13%. 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 61st-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 1,550th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, the employer put in $1.01 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$55,451,364
Participants with balances383
Active participants274
Employer contributions$1,890,525
Employee contributions$1,871,572
Employer contribution per active participant$6,900
Average account balance$144,782
Benefits paid to participants$4,300,458
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$55.5M · 383 accts · $1.9M emplr
2023$49.3M · 367 accts · $1.9M emplr
2022$42.7M · 367 accts · $1.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$38,895
Investment management$29,888
Total administrative$68,783
The Norway Savings Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,900
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$6,900 per active participant
2023$6,733 per active participant
2022$6,367 per active participant

Norway Savings Bank's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20243
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$38,895
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$29,888
ADP BROKER-DEALER · Other servicesindirect 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
2024ADP, Bank of America / Merrill
2023ADP, Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$68,783 · 0.13%
2023$70,670 · 0.15%
2022$70,007 · 0.15%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010130870 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.