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Trustees of Buffalo Laborers Security FundProfit-sharing plan

BUFFALO LABORERS SECURITY FUND · CHEEKTOWAGA, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.70%

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

Trustees of Buffalo Laborers Security Fund reported $268,796 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.70% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,347 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 1.06% to 0.70%. 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 1,545th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 1,197th of 5,337 in construction. active participation has shrunk from 1,208 to 908 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$41,950,660
Participants with balances1,476
Active participants908
Employer contributions$4,854,864
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$5,347
Average account balance$28,422
Benefits paid to participants$2,409,141
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$42.0M · 1,476 accts · $4.9M emplr
2023$34.5M · 1,304 accts · $3.7M emplr
2022$28.1M · 1,261 accts · $3.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$31,211
Investment management$8,500
Audit (IQPA)$42,000
Trustee / custodial$75,778
Total administrative$268,796
Employer contributions to the Trustees of Buffalo Laborers Security Fund plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,347
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,347 per active participant
2023$3,383 per active participant
2022$2,615 per active participant

Trustees of Buffalo Laborers Security Fund'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 · 20248
LINCOLN RETIREMENT SERVICES COMPANY$75,778
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP · Legal$34,226
SCHULTHEIS & PANETTIERI LLP · Accounting / audit$30,254
LUMSDEN & MCCORMICK, LLP · Accounting / audit$17,000
JOSEPH MCCARTHY AND ASSOCIATES · Accounting / audit$13,817
ARCARA LENDA EUSANIO & STACEY, CPA · Accounting / audit$12,140
GORLICK, KRAVITZ & LISTHAUS PC · Legal$11,773
MARINER INSTITUTIONAL LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$8,500

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$268,796 · 0.70%
2023$243,072 · 0.78%
2022$291,601 · 1.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 161605100 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.