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Ibew Local Union No. 99401(k)

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION NO. 99 ANNUITY PLAN · CRANSTON, RI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.34%

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

Ibew Local Union No. 99 reported $561,393 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.34% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,398 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 5 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.34%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 27th-largest of 286 plans among Rhode Island employers on file, and the 633rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, the employer put in $4.46 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 1,020 to 1,244 since 2019.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$178,444,221
Participants with balances1,230
Active participants1,244
Employer contributions$6,715,068
Employee contributions$1,504,830
Employer contribution per active participant$5,398
Average account balance$145,077
Benefits paid to participants$10,071,989
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWARD FISHER & COMPANY LLP
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$178.4M · 1,230 accts · $6.7M emplr
2022$153.1M · 623 accts · $5.7M emplr
2020$162.2M · 1,043 accts · $4.5M emplr
2019$142.9M · 1,020 accts · $4.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$136,477
Investment management$162,652
Total administrative$561,393
The Ibew Local Union No. 99 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$5,398
Median for plans this size$3,659
2023$5,398 per active participant
2022$8,246 per active participant
2020$4,290 per active participant
2019$4,241 per active participant

Ibew Local Union No. 99's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $3,659 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20239
IBEW LOCAL UNION 99 · Recordkeeping$77,707
WARD FISHER & COMPANY · Accounting / audit$76,750
THE SEGAL COMPANY · Actuarial$62,000
ALLIANCE BERNSTEIN · Investment management$37,445
DANA INVESTMENT ADVISORS · Investment management$31,761
MESIROW FINANCIAL INVESTMENT MGMT · Investment management$30,744
RODIO & URSILLO LTD · Legal$22,404
SMITH GRAHAM · Investment management$9,820

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

Administrative cost history4
2023$561,393 · 0.34%
2022$445,303 · 0.30%
2020$866,035 · 0.57%
2019$485,993 · 0.35%
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Aipso RI$136.4M · 0.10%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 056049537 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.