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Sterling Bank & Trust Fsb401(k)

STERLING BANK & TRUST 401(K) PLAN · SOUTHFIELD, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Sterling Bank & Trust Fsb reported $60,650 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,392 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 0.42% 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 810th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and 2,459th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.55 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 276 to 223 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$28,981,007
Participants with balances451
Active participants223
Employer contributions$1,202,307
Employee contributions$1,862,115
Employer contribution per active participant$5,392
Average account balance$64,259
Benefits paid to participants$2,771,103
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$29.0M · 451 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$25.6M · 462 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$22.2M · 454 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$15,823
Investment management$44,827
Total administrative$60,650
The Sterling Bank & Trust Fsb 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,392
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,392 per active participant
2023$4,979 per active participant
2022$4,619 per active participant

Sterling Bank & Trust Fsb'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 · 20243
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$15,823
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS · Investment advisory (plan)$29,058
DAHRING CUSMANO AND ASSOCIATES · Investment advisory (plan)$15,769

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$60,650 · 0.22%
2023$90,237 · 0.38%
2022$95,952 · 0.42%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382524834 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.