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Bd of Trustees I.B.E.W. Local 1253 Retirement PlanProfit-sharing plan

I.B.E.W. LOCAL 1253 RETIREMENT PLAN · NEWPORT, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.29%

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

Bd of Trustees I.B.E.W. Local 1253 Retirement Plan reported $151,128 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.29% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,302 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 0.34% to 0.29%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 62nd-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 978th of 5,337 in construction. active participation has grown from 477 to 565 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$54,707,124
Participants with balances473
Active participants565
Employer contributions$2,430,709
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$4,302
Average account balance$115,660
Benefits paid to participants$5,383,673
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$54.7M · 473 accts · $2.4M emplr
2023$50.3M · 462 accts · $2.4M emplr
2022$42.5M · 399 accts · $2.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$74,381
Investment management$40,000
Audit (IQPA)$6,683
Total administrative$151,128
Employer contributions to the Bd of Trustees I.B.E.W. Local 1253 Retirement Plan plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,302
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,302 per active participant
2023$4,369 per active participant
2022$4,197 per active participant

Bd of Trustees I.B.E.W. Local 1253 Retirement Plan's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20245
LINCOLN RETIREMENT SERVICES CO. · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$58,481
RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS GROUP · Recordkeeping$15,900
SAGEVIEW · Investment advisory (plan)$40,000
USI CONSULTING GROUP$9,900
NOVAK FRANCELLA LLC · Accounting / audit$6,683

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Lincoln Financial, RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS GROUP
2023Lincoln Financial, RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS GROUP

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Administrative cost history3
2024$151,128 · 0.29%
2023$140,895 · 0.30%
2022$157,369 · 0.34%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 016045419 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.