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Santander Holdings USA, Inc.401(k)

SANTANDER 401(K) PLAN · WYOMISSING, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Santander Holdings USA, Inc. reported $696,193 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,139 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 0.05% to 0.04%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 39th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 107th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.43 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 14,626 to 12,035 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,861,702,679
Participants with balances14,730
Active participants12,035
Employer contributions$73,886,590
Employee contributions$105,400,308
Employer contribution per active participant$6,139
Average account balance$126,389
Benefits paid to participants$183,883,361
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHERBEIN & COMPANY, INC.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.9B · 14,730 accts · $73.9M emplr
2023$1.6B · 15,640 accts · $73.7M emplr
2022$1.3B · 13,256 accts · $60.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$534,643
Investment management$120,000
Audit (IQPA)$39,450
Total administrative$696,193
The Santander Holdings USA, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,139
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$6,139 per active participant
2023$5,529 per active participant
2022$4,158 per active participant

Santander Holdings USA, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 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 · 20243
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$534,643
WILLIS TOWERS WATSON US LLC · Investment advisory (plan) · Investment management$120,000
HERBEIN & CO INC · Accounting / audit$39,450

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023Charles Schwab, Empower

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Santander Holdings USA, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$696,193 · 0.04%
2023$694,549 · 0.05%
2022$664,792 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 232453088 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.