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Board of Trustees, Steamfitters Local #449 Retirement Security Fund401(k)

STEAMFITTERS LOCAL 449 RETIREMENT SECURITY FUND · HARMONY, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

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

Board of Trustees, Steamfitters Local #449 Retirement Security Fund reported $495,289 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,189 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 0.128%. 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 183rd-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 175th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, the employer put in $14.08 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$402,374,317
Participants with balances4,857
Active participants3,462
Employer contributions$14,503,425
Employee contributions$1,030,429
Employer contribution per active participant$4,189
Average account balance$82,844
Benefits paid to participants$30,182,404
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHENRY ROSSI & CO., LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$402.4M · 4,857 accts · $14.5M emplr
2023$369.5M · 4,256 accts · $13.5M emplr
2022$333.4M · 4,778 accts · $13.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$147,313
Investment management$233,691
Total administrative$495,289
The Board of Trustees, Steamfitters Local #449 Retirement Security Fund 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,189
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$4,189 per active participant
2023$3,848 per active participant
2022$3,534 per active participant

Board of Trustees, Steamfitters Local #449 Retirement Security Fund's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20247
NEWPORT GROUP · Custodial (securities) · Investment management$430,024
CDS ADMINISTRATORS · Contract administrator$147,313
HENRY ROSSI & CO., LLP · Accounting / audit$34,470
SEGAL MARCO ADVISORS · Pension consulting$28,500
MEYER, UNKOVIC & SCOTT · Legal$27,162
ALLEGHENY COMMERCIAL PRINTING$11,312
PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP · Trustee$5,124

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$495,289 · 0.13%
2023$430,465 · 0.12%
2022$499,223 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 256135334 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.