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Ibew Local 38 401(K) Retirement Plan401(k)

IBEW LOCAL 38 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · CLEVELAND, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.37%

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

Ibew Local 38 401(K) Retirement Plan reported $574,233 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.37% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,784 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 0.39% to 0.37%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 251st-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 400th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, the employer put in $1.12 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 1,695 to 2,194 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$167,981,247
Participants with balances2,350
Active participants2,194
Employer contributions$8,301,998
Employee contributions$7,410,642
Employer contribution per active participant$3,784
Average account balance$71,481
Benefits paid to participants$9,842,630
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorYURCHYK & DAVIS CPA'S, INC.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$168.0M · 2,350 accts · $8.3M emplr
2023$146.3M · 2,148 accts · $6.0M emplr
2022$127.5M · 2,121 accts · $4.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$479,231
Investment management$40,000
Audit (IQPA)$13,900
Trustee / custodial$2,329
Total administrative$574,233
The Ibew Local 38 401(K) Retirement Plan 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,784
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,784 per active participant
2023$3,423 per active participant
2022$2,754 per active participant

Ibew Local 38 401(K) Retirement Plan's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20245
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$110,333
IBEW LOCAL 38 FRINGE BENEFIT FUND$86,066
SEGAL MARCO ADVISORS · Consulting$40,000
ALLOTTA FARLEY CO., LPA · Legal$15,918
YURCHYK & DAVIS CPA'S, INC. · Accounting / audit$13,900

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$574,233 · 0.37%
2023$557,381 · 0.41%
2022$524,854 · 0.39%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341619944 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.