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Board of Trustees - Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No. 538Profit-sharing plan

PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 538 ANNUITY FUND · GOODLETTSVILLE, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.47%

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

Board of Trustees - Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No. 538 reported $15,328 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.47% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,956 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 rose from 0.10% to 0.47%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Tennessee (1,174th of 1,496), and 4,300th of 5,337 in construction.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,783,031
Participants with balances499
Active participants322
Employer contributions$951,795
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$2,956
Average account balance$7,581
Benefits paid to participants$45,149
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDANIELS, IRWIN & AYLOR
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.8M · 499 accts · $952K emplr
2023$2.7M · 402 accts · $947K emplr
2022$1.8M · 320 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,000
Audit (IQPA)$3,000
Trustee / custodial$25
Total administrative$15,328
Employer contributions to the Board of Trustees - Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No. 538 plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,956
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,956 per active participant
2023$2,861 per active participant
2022$3,604 per active participant

Board of Trustees - Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No. 538's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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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 · 20241
SOUTHERN BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS INC · Plan administrator$9,000

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$15,328 · 0.47%
2023$2,225 · 0.10%
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 861903667 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.