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Laborers District Council Defined Contribution Retirement Plan403(b)

LABORERS DISTRICT COUNCIL DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN · COLUMBIA, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
2.71%

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

Laborers District Council Defined Contribution Retirement Plan reported $107,563 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 2.71% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $241 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 3.21% to 2.71%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,338th of 1,671), and 4,499th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. active participation has grown from 1,235 to 2,274 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,253,761
Participants with balances4,767
Active participants2,274
Employer contributions$549,148
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$241
Average account balance$892
Benefits paid to participants$166,253
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.3M · 4,767 accts · $549K emplr
2023$3.7M · 4,389 accts · $657K emplr
2022$3.0M · 3,761 accts · $576K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$35,561
Investment management$28,815
Audit (IQPA)$26,876
Trustee / custodial$807
Total administrative$107,563
Employer contributions to the Laborers District Council Defined Contribution Retirement Plan plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$241
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$241 per active participant
2023$349 per active participant
2022$467 per active participant

Laborers District Council Defined Contribution Retirement Plan's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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 · 20243
CARDAY ASSOCIATES, INC. · Contract administrator$35,561
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC · Investment management$29,298
NOVAK FRANCELLA, LLC · Accounting / audit$26,876

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$107,563 · 2.71%
2023$128,179 · 3.85%
2022$96,180 · 3.21%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 520749130 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.