Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Board of Trustees of the Retirement PlanProfit-sharing plan

RETIREMENT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION 18 · WAUKESHA, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Board of Trustees of the Retirement Plan reported $515,017 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,819 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 has held roughly steady near 0.15%. 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 84th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 191st of 5,337 in construction. active participation has grown from 1,762 to 1,960 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$373,958,102
Participants with balances2,437
Active participants1,960
Employer contributions$15,325,670
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$7,819
Average account balance$153,450
Benefits paid to participants$17,504,412
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$374.0M · 2,437 accts · $15.3M emplr
2023$334.2M · 2,388 accts · $14.3M emplr
2022$278.8M · 2,281 accts · $13.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$252,959
Investment management$45,000
Audit (IQPA)$14,785
Trustee / custodial$33,408
Total administrative$515,017
Employer contributions to the Board of Trustees of the Retirement Plan plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,819
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$7,819 per active participant
2023$7,528 per active participant
2022$7,489 per active participant

Board of Trustees of the Retirement Plan'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 · 20248
MILLIMAN$168,805
REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN SC · Legal$94,142
BENEFIT PLAN ADMINISTRATION OF WI · Plan administrator$91,669
MARINER INSTITUTIONAL, LLC$33,750
MATRIX TRUST COMPANY · Trustee$33,134
WISCONSIN SHEET METAL H&W FUND$29,139
SIKICH CPA LLC · Accounting / audit$14,785
ANDCO CONSULTING LLC$11,250

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$515,017 · 0.15%
2023$488,563 · 0.16%
2022$438,754 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 396135887 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.