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Ibew Local Union 481 Defined ContributionProfit-sharing plan

I.B.E.W. LOCAL UNION 481 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.23%

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

Ibew Local Union 481 Defined Contribution reported $646,559 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.23% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,290 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 0.230%. 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 56th-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and the 236th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, the employer put in $67.00 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 2,820 to 3,110 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$295,124,755
Participants with balances3,320
Active participants3,110
Employer contributions$16,452,858
Employee contributions$245,550
Employer contribution per active participant$5,290
Average account balance$88,893
Benefits paid to participants$17,437,890
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$295.1M · 3,320 accts · $16.5M emplr
2023$266.6M · 3,179 accts · $13.6M emplr
2022$245.5M · 2,978 accts · $11.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$219,365
Investment management$75,000
Audit (IQPA)$32,000
Total administrative$646,559
Employer contributions to the Ibew Local Union 481 Defined Contribution plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,290
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$5,290 per active participant
2023$4,546 per active participant
2022$4,044 per active participant

Ibew Local Union 481 Defined Contribution's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20245
JOHN HANCOCK RETIREMENT PLAN SERVIC · Recordkeeping$214,503
LEGACY PROFESSIONALS LLP · Accounting / audit · Recordkeeping$36,862
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$75,000
DAVID RAY · Plan administrator$72,055
LEDBETTER PARTNERS, LLC · Legal$39,560

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock, LEGACY PROFESSIONALS LLP
2023John Hancock, LEGACY PROFESSIONALS LLP

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Administrative cost history3
2024$646,559 · 0.23%
2023$550,423 · 0.21%
2022$550,770 · 0.23%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 351501496 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.