Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Trustees of Pipe Fitters Association Local 597401(k)

PIPE FITTERS ASSOCIATION L.U. 597, U.A. 401(K) PLA · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Trustees of Pipe Fitters Association Local 597 reported $642,963 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $14,751 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 0.026% to 0.028%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 37th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 13th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, the employer put in $4.59 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,488,575,966
Participants with balances10,101
Active participants9,410
Employer contributions$138,807,505
Employee contributions$30,212,446
Employer contribution per active participant$14,751
Average account balance$246,369
Benefits paid to participants$93,473,484
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.5B · 10,101 accts · $138.8M emplr
2023$2.2B · 9,789 accts · $134.1M emplr
2022$1.8B · 9,558 accts · $127.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$179,437
Investment management$46,313
Audit (IQPA)$18,200
Trustee / custodial$9,891
Total administrative$642,963
The Trustees of Pipe Fitters Association Local 597 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$14,751
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$14,751 per active participant
2023$14,426 per active participant
2022$13,968 per active participant

Trustees of Pipe Fitters Association Local 597's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 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 · 20249
JOHNSON & KROL, LLC · Legal$60,411
STRATEGIC CAPITAL INVESTMENT ADV. · Investment advisory (plan)$46,500
PHIL HAYES$41,545
LEGACY PROFESSIONALS LLP · Accounting / audit$29,747
BRIDGEWAY BENEFIT TECHNOLOGIES LLC · Other services$22,302
AMALGAMATED BANK OF CHICAGO · Trustee$9,704
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP · Legal$7,694
SEGAL SELECT INSURANCEindirect comp

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$642,963 · 0.03%
2023$602,788 · 0.03%
2022$497,095 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 361820310 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.