Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Board of Trustees, Northwest Carpenters Individual401(k)

NORTHWEST CARPENTERS INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT PENSION PLAN · SEATTLE, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.41%

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

Board of Trustees, Northwest Carpenters Individual reported $2,857,152 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.41% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $439 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 0.27% to 0.41%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 35th-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 236th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $4.51 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 25,484 to 8,251 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$706,715,229
Participants with balances21,140
Active participants8,251
Employer contributions$3,625,265
Employee contributions$16,335,017
Employer contribution per active participant$439
Average account balance$33,430
Benefits paid to participants$61,333,376
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$706.7M · 21,140 accts · $3.6M emplr
2023$675.5M · 22,943 accts · $13.4M emplr
2022$593.3M · 23,640 accts · $13.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,071,785
Investment management$1,290,844
Audit (IQPA)$28,900
Trustee / custodial$78,005
Total administrative$2,857,152
The Board of Trustees, Northwest Carpenters Individual 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$439
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$439 per active participant
2023$1,236 per active participant
2022$533 per active participant

Board of Trustees, Northwest Carpenters Individual's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 202410
MILLIMAN · Recordkeeping$1,032,146
ALAN D BILLER ASSOCIATES · Investment advisory (plan)$106,667
GROOM LAW GROUP · Legal$93,750
NW CARPENTERS HEALTH & SECURITY · Plan administrator$58,500
MILLER KAPLAN ARASE LLP · Accounting / audit$36,150
NW CARPENTERS RETIREMENT PLAN · Plan administrator$31,500
BARLOW COUGHRAN MORALES & JOSEPHSON · Legal$30,274
PMA DIRECT MARKETING$25,204
SHANLEY A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION · Legal$18,400
PITNEY BOWES PURCHASE POWER · Other services$10,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Milliman
2023Milliman

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Administrative cost history3
2024$2,857,152 · 0.41%
2023$3,341,381 · 0.53%
2022$1,676,853 · 0.27%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 911160641 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.