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Board of Trustees Local No. 8 Ibew Retirement Plan & Trust401(k)

LOCAL NO. 8 IBEW RETIREMENT PLAN & TRUST · ROSSFORD, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.37%

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

Board of Trustees Local No. 8 Ibew Retirement Plan & Trust reported $2,331,703 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.37% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,870 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 rose from 0.30% to 0.37%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 90th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 105th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, the employer put in $3.56 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$650,471,091
Participants with balances2,945
Active participants2,619
Employer contributions$20,611,581
Employee contributions$5,787,512
Employer contribution per active participant$7,870
Average account balance$220,873
Benefits paid to participants$28,295,846
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMSPC, CPA'S AND ADVISORS, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$650.5M · 2,945 accts · $20.6M emplr
2023$596.4M · 2,833 accts · $18.2M emplr
2022$534.3M · 2,826 accts · $19.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,650
Investment management$1,629,848
Audit (IQPA)$29,279
Total administrative$2,331,703
The Board of Trustees Local No. 8 Ibew Retirement Plan & Trust 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,870
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$7,870 per active participant
2023$7,927 per active participant

Board of Trustees Local No. 8 Ibew Retirement Plan & Trust's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 · 202412
GALLAGHER FIDUCIARY ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan) · Pension consulting$352,159
NWO ELECTRICAL ADMIN. INC. · Consulting$335,407
BLACKSTONE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Investment management$314,163
COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVI · Investment management · Investment advisory (plan)$290,067
WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLP · Investment management$233,429
METROPOLITAN WEST ASSET MANAGEMENT · Investment management · Pension consulting$219,441
NEW TOWER TRUST COMPANY · Investment management$200,365
RIVER ROAD ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC · Investment management$186,659
PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES · Investment management$185,724
SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP · Legal$37,298
MSPC CPAS & ADVISORS, P.C. · Accounting / audit$29,279

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$2,331,703 · 0.37%
2023$2,234,407 · 0.40%
2022$1,743,328 · 0.30%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 346596899 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.