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Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc401(k)

SANDY SPRING BANK 401(K) PLAN · OLNEY, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc reported $160,528 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,254 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 0.09% to 0.08%. 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 74th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 538th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.94 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$227,781,462
Participants with balances1,622
Active participants1,129
Employer contributions$5,931,300
Employee contributions$11,487,054
Employer contribution per active participant$5,254
Average account balance$140,432
Benefits paid to participants$17,793,156
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0 · $1.9M emplr
2024$227.8M · 1,622 accts · $5.9M emplr
2023$197.9M · 1,594 accts · $6.0M emplr
2022$172.3M · 1,593 accts · $6.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$154,499
Total administrative$160,528
The Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,254
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,254 per active participant
2023$5,489 per active participant
2022$5,404 per active participant

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc'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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$154,499

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

Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$160,528 · 0.08%
2023$134,751 · 0.07%
2022$163,399 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521532952 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.