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Local 51Money purchase plan

PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL UNION #51 ANNUITY PLAN · EAST PROVIDENCE, RI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.62%

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

Local 51 reported $483,283 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.62% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,825 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 0.62%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 47th-largest of 286 plans among Rhode Island employers on file, and the 1,154th of 4,798 in finance & insurance.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$82,876,445
Participants with balances967
Active participants1,358
Employer contributions$5,194,081
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$3,825
Average account balance$85,705
Benefits paid to participants$3,800,964
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWARD, FISHER & COMPANY, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$82.9M · 967 accts · $5.2M emplr
2023$73.5M · 947 accts · $4.7M emplr
2022$63.8M · 921 accts · $3.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$203,292
Investment management$107,876
Audit (IQPA)$61,060
Total administrative$483,283
Employer contributions to the Local 51 plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,825
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,825 per active participant
2023$3,564 per active participant
2022$2,997 per active participant

Local 51's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20246
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment management$107,876
WARD, FISHER & COMPANY LLC · Accounting / audit$61,060
BENESYS INC · Plan administrator$34,303
RODIO & URSILLO · Legal$24,000
ROBERT CHEVERIE & ASSOCIATES · Legal$9,350
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administratorindirect comp

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$483,283 · 0.62%
2023$355,375 · 0.52%
2022$435,967 · 0.63%
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Aipso RI$136.4M · 0.10%
Embrace Home Loans, Inc. RI$82.7M · 0.04%
Banknewport RI$63.9M · 0.04%
Navigant Credit Union RI$58.7M · 0.30%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 050504791 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.