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Joint Board of Trustee Plumbers 98 Defined Contribution Pension Plan401(k)

PLUMBERS LOCAL NO 98 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PENSION PLAN · TROY, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.33%

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

Joint Board of Trustee Plumbers 98 Defined Contribution Pension Plan reported $257,562 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.33% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,313 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 0.33%. 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 338th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 715th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, the employer put in $1.27 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$83,850,406
Participants with balances1,648
Active participants907
Employer contributions$2,098,271
Employee contributions$1,658,631
Employer contribution per active participant$2,313
Average account balance$50,880
Benefits paid to participants$4,440,543
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBULTYNCK & CO., P.L.L.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$83.9M · 1,648 accts · $2.1M emplr
2023$74.3M · 1,492 accts · $2.0M emplr
2022$64.3M · 1,462 accts · $1.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$110,775
Investment management$75,533
Audit (IQPA)$15,832
Trustee / custodial$2,604
Total administrative$257,562
The Joint Board of Trustee Plumbers 98 Defined Contribution Pension Plan 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,313
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,313 per active participant
2023$2,086 per active participant
2022$1,940 per active participant

Joint Board of Trustee Plumbers 98 Defined Contribution Pension Plan's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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
BENESYS, INC. · Accounting / audit · Claims processing$114,939
MERRILL LYNCH · Custodial (securities) · Trustee (directed)$50,000
ASHER KELLY LAW · Legal$20,376
AMERICAN GRAPHICS PRINTING CO$17,973
BULTYNCK & CO., PLLC · Accounting / audit$15,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BENESYS, INC.
2023BENESYS, INC.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$257,562 · 0.33%
2023$256,446 · 0.37%
2022$248,697 · 0.34%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 383155388 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.