The Board of Trustees of Plumbers and Pipefitters of the Carolinas DefMoney purchase plan
PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS OF THE CAROLINAS DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN · PEMBROKE PINES, FL · plan year 2024
Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.02%
Peer grade: C+· admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
The Board of Trustees of Plumbers and Pipefitters of the Carolinas Def reported $596,396 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.02% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,431 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 1.30% to 1.02%. 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 453rd-largest of 3,644 plans among Florida employers on file, and the 896th of 5,337 in construction. active participation has grown from 1,094 to 1,335 since 2022.
Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$62,225,102
Participants with balances1,377
Active participants1,335
Employer contributions$7,250,443
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$5,431
Average account balance$45,189
Benefits paid to participants$3,512,518
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLAPADULA CARLSON & CO.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$62.2M · 1,377 accts · $7.3M emplr
2023$55.1M · 4,793 accts · $4.9M emplr
2022$50.4M · 2,868 accts · $4.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$100,239
Investment management$315,790
Audit (IQPA)$56,132
Trustee / custodial$1,476
Total administrative$596,396
Employer contributions to the The Board of Trustees of Plumbers and Pipefitters of the Carolinas Def plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,431
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,431 per active participant
2023$5,452 per active participant
2022$3,997 per active participant
The Board of Trustees of Plumbers and Pipefitters of the Carolinas Def'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 · 20249
NATIONAL EMPLOYEE BENEFIT ADMIN · Contract administrator$110,234
ATLANTA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT · Investment management$85,632
U.S REAL STATE INVESTMENT FUND, LLC · Investment management$56,634
LAPADULA CARLSON & CO · Accounting / audit$56,132
ARNALL, GOLDEN, GREGORY LPP · Legal$50,732
HARDMAN JOHNSTON GLOBAL ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$40,984
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561442440 ·
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Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.