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Board of Trustees Operating Engineers Local 520DC plan

OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 520 ANNUITY PLAN · SWANSEA, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.18%

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

Board of Trustees Operating Engineers Local 520 reported $458,351 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.18% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,130 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 0.181%. 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 257th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 251st of 5,337 in construction. active participation has grown from 2,707 to 3,066 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$268,824,678
Participants with balances3,411
Active participants3,066
Employer contributions$15,727,392
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$5,130
Average account balance$78,811
Benefits paid to participants$11,831,915
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSCHEFFEL BOYLE
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$268.8M · 3,411 accts · $15.7M emplr
2023$237.8M · 3,159 accts · $13.1M emplr
2022$205.9M · 3,012 accts · $11.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,374
Investment management$306,369
Audit (IQPA)$14,110
Total administrative$458,351
Employer contributions to the Board of Trustees Operating Engineers Local 520 plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,130
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$5,130 per active participant
2023$4,486 per active participant
2022$4,339 per active participant

Board of Trustees Operating Engineers Local 520's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 · 20246
OPER ENG LOCAL 520 ANNUITY TRUST FD$166,930
INVESTMENT CONSULTING SERVICES, LLC$55,000
HAMMOND & SHINNERS, P.C. · Legal$16,467
SCHEFFEL BOYLE · Accounting / audit$14,110
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP LLC · Investment management$11,408

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$458,351 · 0.18%
2023$423,420 · 0.19%
2022$394,336 · 0.18%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 371328217 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.