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Santa Cruz County Bank401(k)

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY BANK RETIREMENT TRUST · SANTA CRUZ, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Santa Cruz County Bank reported $34,668 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,970 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 rose from 0.18% to 0.22%. 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 3,789th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and 3,164th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $3.51 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 164 to 220 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,845,227
Participants with balances204
Active participants220
Employer contributions$433,474
Employee contributions$1,519,445
Employer contribution per active participant$1,970
Average account balance$92,379
Benefits paid to participants$552,681
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.8M · 204 accts · $433K emplr
2023$12.4M · 139 accts · $368K emplr
2022$10.1M · 157 accts · $301K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,110
Total administrative$34,668
The Santa Cruz County Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,970
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,970 per active participant
2023$2,297 per active participant
2022$1,836 per active participant

Santa Cruz County Bank's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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
CBIZ · Consulting$32,558

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$34,668 · 0.22%
2023$21,891 · 0.19%
2022$19,389 · 0.18%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 134265907 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.