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Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 85 Retirement401(k)

PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS U.A. LOCAL 85 RETIREMENT AND 401K FUND · TROY, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
2.09%

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

Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 85 Retirement reported $214,282 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 2.09% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,862 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 2.44% to 2.09%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,424th of 2,619), and 2,861st of 5,337 in construction. active participation has grown from 517 to 683 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,677,004
Participants with balances689
Active participants683
Employer contributions$1,955,084
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$2,862
Average account balance$16,948
Benefits paid to participants$201,909
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBULTYNCK & CO., P.L.L.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.7M · 689 accts · $2.0M emplr
2023$8.9M · 629 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$6.6M · 517 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,426
Investment management$141,845
Audit (IQPA)$5,074
Total administrative$214,282
The Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 85 Retirement 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,862
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,862 per active participant
2023$2,539 per active participant
2022$2,576 per active participant

Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 85 Retirement's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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
NOVARA, TESIJA & CATENACCI, PLLC · Legal$41,735
EMPOWER TRUST COMPANY, LLC · Contract administrator · Investment management$25,126
MARQUETTE ASSOCIATES, INC. · Consulting$10,000
BENESYS, INC. · Accounting / audit · Claims processing$6,920
REIMOLD PRINTING$6,683

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$214,282 · 2.09%
2023$191,246 · 2.47%
2022$162,637 · 2.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 320478132 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.