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Trustees of I.B.E.W Local 697 Defined Contribution PlanMoney purchase plan

IBEW & ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY LOC 697, MONEY PURCHASE PLAN · MERRILLVILLE, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Trustees of I.B.E.W Local 697 Defined Contribution Plan reported $583,956 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $15,027 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 0.142%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 39th-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and the 165th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, the employer put in $1445.79 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$432,215,727
Participants with balances1,098
Active participants925
Employer contributions$13,899,866
Employee contributions$9,614
Employer contribution per active participant$15,027
Average account balance$393,639
Benefits paid to participants$22,009,975
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$432.2M · 1,098 accts · $13.9M emplr
2023$389.4M · 1,085 accts · $13.3M emplr
2022$336.8M · 1,082 accts · $12.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$86,566
Investment management$198,967
Audit (IQPA)$24,819
Trustee / custodial$1,084
Total administrative$583,956
Employer contributions to the Trustees of I.B.E.W Local 697 Defined Contribution Plan plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$15,027
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$15,027 per active participant
2023$13,509 per active participant
2022$12,619 per active participant

Trustees of I.B.E.W Local 697 Defined Contribution Plan's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 · 20247
THE VANGUARD GROUP · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$126,740
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Recordkeeping · Custodial (securities)$120,870
LEGACY PROFESSIONALS LLP · Accounting / audit · Recordkeeping$32,742
P KEENAN · Plan administrator$69,429
MARQUETTE ASSOCIATES · Investment advisory (plan)$30,000
M SCZURKO$29,028
HAGBERG & ASSOCIATES · Legal$25,188

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower, LEGACY PROFESSIONALS LLP, Vanguard
2023LEGACY PROFESSIONALS LLP, Vanguard

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Trustees of I.B.E.W Local 697 Defined Contribution Plan before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$583,956 · 0.14%
2023$589,712 · 0.16%
2022$517,082 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 351773526 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.