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Southside Bancshares, Inc.401(k)

SAVINGS PLAN FOR THE SUBSIDIARIES OF SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES, INC. · TYLER, TX · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.11%

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

Southside Bancshares, Inc. reported $85,173 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.11% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,798 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.18% to 0.11%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 747th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 1,165th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $2.26 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 890 to 792 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$82,034,607
Participants with balances921
Active participants792
Employer contributions$2,216,069
Employee contributions$5,017,374
Employer contribution per active participant$2,798
Average account balance$89,071
Benefits paid to participants$5,600,418
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$82.0M · 921 accts · $2.2M emplr
2024$70.2M · 915 accts · $2.2M emplr
2023$65.3M · 956 accts · $2.2M emplr
2022$53.9M · 945 accts · $2.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$85,173
Total administrative$85,173
The Southside Bancshares, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,798
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$2,798 per active participant
2024$2,793 per active participant
2023$2,663 per active participant
2022$2,290 per active participant

Southside Bancshares, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$85,173

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$85,173 · 0.11%
2024$84,563 · 0.12%
2023$132,763 · 0.22%
2022$102,063 · 0.18%
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SAVINGS PLAN FOR THE SUBSIDIARIES OF SOUTHSIDE BANCSHARES, INC.401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 751848732 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.