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Trustees of Plumbers & Steamfitter Local No 489 Annuity PlanMoney purchase plan

PLUMBERS & STEAMFITTERS LOCAL NO 489 ANNUITY PLAN · CUMBERLAND, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.46%

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

Trustees of Plumbers & Steamfitter Local No 489 Annuity Plan reported $63,396 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.46% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,878 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 0.50% to 0.46%. 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 825th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 2,595th of 5,337 in construction.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,914,476
Participants with balances188
Active participants182
Employer contributions$523,778
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$2,878
Average account balance$74,013
Benefits paid to participants$1,326,803
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTURNBULL, HOOVER, & KAHL, P.A.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.9M · 188 accts · $524K emplr
2023$13.5M · 188 accts · $568K emplr
2022$11.8M · 184 accts · $531K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,873
Investment management$26,183
Audit (IQPA)$15,000
Total administrative$63,396
Employer contributions to the Trustees of Plumbers & Steamfitter Local No 489 Annuity Plan plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,878
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,878 per active participant
2023$3,104 per active participant
2022$2,967 per active participant

Trustees of Plumbers & Steamfitter Local No 489 Annuity Plan's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20246
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$1,473
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY · Investment advisory (plan)$26,183
TURNBULL, HOOVER, & KAHL, P.A. · Accounting / audit$15,000
FRANK GORDON GERWIG & ASSOCIATES · Plan administrator$12,400
BEINS, AXELROD P.C. · Legal$7,500
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$63,396 · 0.46%
2023$68,262 · 0.54%
2022$59,188 · 0.50%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521975410 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.