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Plumbers & Pipefitters Union Local No. 178Money purchase plan

PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS UNION LOCAL 178 MONEY PURCHASE PLAN · SPRINGFIELD, MO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.92%

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

Plumbers & Pipefitters Union Local No. 178 reported $220,788 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.92% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,565 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 0.92%. 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 the 519th-largest of 1,393 plans among Missouri employers on file, and the 1,737th of 5,337 in construction.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$25,048,723
Participants with balances489
Active participants322
Employer contributions$2,114,017
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$6,565
Average account balance$51,224
Benefits paid to participants$1,648,543
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTHE WHITLOCK COMPANY LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.0M · 489 accts · $2.1M emplr
2023$22.7M · 465 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$20.1M · 426 accts · $1.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$27,603
Investment management$169,120
Audit (IQPA)$9,000
Total administrative$220,788
Employer contributions to the Plumbers & Pipefitters Union Local No. 178 plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,565
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$6,565 per active participant
2023$5,922 per active participant
2022$5,860 per active participant

Plumbers & Pipefitters Union Local No. 178's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20245
QUALIFIED BENEFITS CONSULTANTS INC · Recordkeeping · Valuation$18,215
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment management$169,120
PLUMBERS 178 GENERAL FUND · Plan administrator$9,388
THE WHITLOCK COMPANY · Accounting / audit$9,000
MERTZ INSURANCE · Insurance services$6,879

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024QUALIFIED BENEFITS CONSULTANTS INC
2023QUALIFIED BENEFITS CONSULTANTS INC

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Administrative cost history3
2024$220,788 · 0.92%
2023$195,981 · 0.92%
2022$202,112 · 0.94%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 431642796 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.