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Ibew Local 351 Surety Fund TrusteesDC plan

IBEW LOCAL 351 SURETY PLAN · WEST TRENTON, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Ibew Local 351 Surety Fund Trustees reported $552,926 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $16,165 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 0.087%. 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 102nd-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 98th of 5,337 in construction. active participation has shrunk from 2,319 to 2,075 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$676,054,253
Participants with balances2,610
Active participants2,075
Employer contributions$33,542,226
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$16,165
Average account balance$259,025
Benefits paid to participants$52,970,680
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorGERSON & ASSOC CPAS AND ADVISORS PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$676.1M · 2,610 accts · $33.5M emplr
2023$601.3M · 2,634 accts · $33.3M emplr
2022$519.4M · 2,567 accts · $30.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$341,311
Investment management$78,000
Audit (IQPA)$56,976
Total administrative$552,926
Employer contributions to the Ibew Local 351 Surety Fund Trustees plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$16,165
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$16,165 per active participant
2023$18,128 per active participant
2022$13,214 per active participant

Ibew Local 351 Surety Fund Trustees's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 · 20247
IBEW LOCAL 351 SURETY PLAN$766,862
I.E. SHAFFER & CO · Contract administrator$341,311
GERSON & ASSOC CPAS AND ADVISORS PC · Accounting / audit$38,500
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC · Investment advisory (plan) · Investment management$30,000
OBRIEN BELLAND & BUSHINSKY · Legal$28,732
MSPC CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS · Accounting / audit$18,476

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$552,926 · 0.09%
2023$554,353 · 0.10%
2022$494,573 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 223431479 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.