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Peoples Bancorp401(k)

PEOPLES BANK SALARY INVESTMENT & PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BELLINGHAM, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Peoples Bancorp reported $80,103 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,645 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 0.118%. 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 245th-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 1,280th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.38 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$71,670,456
Participants with balances596
Active participants430
Employer contributions$2,427,512
Employee contributions$3,340,248
Employer contribution per active participant$5,645
Average account balance$120,252
Benefits paid to participants$8,629,497
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBAKER TILLY US, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$71.7M · 596 accts · $2.4M emplr
2023$63.6M · 601 accts · $2.3M emplr
2022$53.0M · 598 accts · $2.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$80,103
Total administrative$80,103
The Peoples Bancorp 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,645
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,645 per active participant
2023$5,081 per active participant
2022$4,939 per active participant

Peoples Bancorp's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$80,103

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$80,103 · 0.12%
2023$69,721 · 0.12%
2022$72,589 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 911190346 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.