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Southern Bancshares, Inc.401(k)

THE SOUTHERN BANCSHARES 401(K) PLAN · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Southern Bancshares, Inc. reported $3,062 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,223 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 0.020% to 0.015%. 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 1,914th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and 2,921st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.49 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$21,761,984
Participants with balances182
Active participants137
Employer contributions$578,564
Employee contributions$862,297
Employer contribution per active participant$4,223
Average account balance$119,571
Benefits paid to participants$996,108
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSEIDEL SCHROEDER
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$21.8M · 182 accts · $579K emplr
2023$18.7M · 185 accts · $613K emplr
2022$15.4M · 177 accts · $569K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,062
Total administrative$3,062
The Southern Bancshares, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,223
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,223 per active participant
2023$4,506 per active participant
2022$4,120 per active participant

Southern Bancshares, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. 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
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS. · Trustee (directed) · Other services$3,062

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$3,062 · 0.02%
2023$5,258 · 0.03%
2022$3,397 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 742224807 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.