Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Board of Trustees, Pipe Trades District Council 36401(k)

PIPE TRADES DISTRICT COUNCIL 36 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN · ALAMEDA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.29%

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

Board of Trustees, Pipe Trades District Council 36 reported $414,988 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.29% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $9,307 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 0.37% 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 690th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 442nd of 5,337 in construction.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$152,199,103
Participants with balances2,084
Active participants1,155
Employer contributions$10,749,775
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$9,307
Average account balance$73,032
Benefits paid to participants$7,269,578
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$152.2M · 2,084 accts · $10.7M emplr
2023$134.4M · 2,341 accts · $10.4M emplr
2022$111.4M · 2,332 accts · $9.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$237,635
Investment management$50,823
Audit (IQPA)$25,000
Trustee / custodial$11,599
Total administrative$414,988
The Board of Trustees, Pipe Trades District Council 36 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,307
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$9,307 per active participant
2023$9,499 per active participant
2022$8,560 per active participant

Board of Trustees, Pipe Trades District Council 36's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20249
NWPS · Recordkeeping$21,732
ZENITH AMERICAN SOLUTIONS · Contract administrator$57,366
MAMMINI COMPANY, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$50,823
MILLER KAPLAN ARASE LLP · Accounting / audit$40,807
PIPE TRADE DC #36 PENSION TRUST · Other services$17,047
US BANK · Custodial$11,599
NEYHART, FLYNN, ANDERSON & GROSBOLL · Legal$7,043
UNION INSURANCE GROUP · Insurance brokerindirect comp
MATRIX TRUST COMPANY · Custodial (securities)indirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024NWPS
2023NWPS

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Administrative cost history3
2024$414,988 · 0.29%
2023$455,478 · 0.37%
2022$433,000 · 0.37%
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Bergelectric Corporation CA$168.7M · 0.29%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 946082956 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.