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Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 553401(k)

PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS LOCAL 553 SUPPLEMENTAL 401K RETIREMENT PLAN · EAST ALTON, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 553 reported $96,326 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,261 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 rose from 0.08% to 0.10%. 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 556th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 599th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, employees put in $1.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 237 to 276 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$102,144,441
Participants with balances468
Active participants276
Employer contributions$1,728,172
Employee contributions$1,844,735
Employer contribution per active participant$6,261
Average account balance$218,257
Benefits paid to participants$4,921,432
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$102.1M · 468 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$89.2M · 474 accts · $1.5M emplr
2022$73.9M · 431 accts · $1.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$2,205
Audit (IQPA)$33,200
Total administrative$96,326
The Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 553 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,261
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$6,261 per active participant
2023$5,573 per active participant
2022$6,625 per active participant

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 553'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 · 20245
PLUMBERS 553 HEALTH & WELFARE FUND · Recordkeeping$31,511
EKON BENEFITS · Recordkeeping · Participant communicationindirect comp
ANDERS MINKLER HUBER & HELM LLP · Accounting / audit$20,000
MORICE, LIST & ASSOCIATES, LLC · Accounting / audit$13,200
HAMMOND AND SHINNERS, P.C. · Legal$9,252

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024EKON BENEFITS, PLUMBERS 553 HEALTH & WELFARE FUND
2023EKON BENEFITS, PLUMBERS 553 HEALTH & WELFARE FUND

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Administrative cost history3
2024$96,326 · 0.10%
2023$80,793 · 0.10%
2022$69,308 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 371413229 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.