Board of Trustees Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 71 Annuity FundProfit-sharing plan
SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION NO.71 ANNUITY FUND · BUFFALO, NY · plan year 2024
Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Board of Trustees Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 71 Annuity Fund reported $109,377 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.30% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,000 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 0.46% to 0.30%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 1,677th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 1,294th of 5,337 in construction. active participation has shrunk from 404 to 322 since 2022.
Board of Trustees Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 71 Annuity Fund's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 161592883 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.