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Board of Trustees Plumbers and Steamfitters LocalProfit-sharing plan

PLUMBERS & STEAMFITTERS LOCAL 131 ANNUITY PLAN · WALLINGFORD, CT · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.57%

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

Board of Trustees Plumbers and Steamfitters Local reported $99,467 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.57% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,717 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.70% to 0.57%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Connecticut (564th of 1,106), and the 2,050th of 5,337 in construction.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,525,683
Participants with balances402
Active participants378
Employer contributions$1,405,142
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$3,717
Average account balance$48,571
Benefits paid to participants$627,415
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$19.5M · 402 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$15.2M · 410 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$28,344
Investment management$38,640
Audit (IQPA)$9,700
Total administrative$99,467
Employer contributions to the Board of Trustees Plumbers and Steamfitters Local plan · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,717
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$3,717 per active participant
2022$4,977 per active participant

Board of Trustees Plumbers and Steamfitters Local's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20234
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE CO OF AME · Custodial (securities)$25,640
ZENITH AMERICAN SOLUTIONS, INC. · Contract administrator$25,138
SEGAL MARCO ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$13,000
NOVAK FRANCELLA, LLC · Accounting / audit$12,906

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$99,467 · 0.57%
2022$103,318 · 0.70%
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Baker Companies Inc. CT$14.2M · 0.02%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 061405058 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.