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Silvergate Bank401(k)

SILVERGATE BANK 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · LA JOLLA, CA · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.12%

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

Silvergate Bank reported $25,790 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.12% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,342 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.

The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,806 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 3,507th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and 2,971st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2022, employees put in $3.29 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$21,058,703
Participants with balances599
Active participants421
Employer contributions$985,899
Employee contributions$3,240,919
Employer contribution per active participant$2,342
Average account balance$35,156
Benefits paid to participants$1,328,229
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$0 · $521K emplr
2022$21.1M · 599 accts · $986K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,790
Total administrative$25,790
The Silvergate Bank 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$2,342
Median for plans this size$2,266

Silvergate Bank's 2022 employer contribution ran above the $2,266 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history2
2023Not separately reported
2022$25,790 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330244449 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.