PNJBX Fees and Costs — Putnam New Jersey Tax Exempt Income Fund, Class B

Data updated: 2025-10-27

The net expense ratio is 1.46%: a 0.43% management fee, a 0.85% 12b-1 fee plus 0.18% other expenses. This share class carries a deferred sales charge of up to 5.00%. Portfolio turnover was 10%.

PNJBX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of PNJBX. Prospectus, as of September 30, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.43%
12b-1 fee0.85%
Other expenses0.18%
Gross expense ratio1.46%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio1.46%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load5.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

PNJBX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in PNJBX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $905 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.53% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Sales charges$517$0$0
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.46%)$153$476$822
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$24$83
Total costs$671$500$905
Value after costs$9,829$11,077$11,858
Impact on return, per year6.71%1.53%1.53%

PNJBX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $76.3M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 10%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

PNJBX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$19.8M30.68%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$11.3M17.56%
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated$8.4M13.12%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$6.0M9.30%
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC$4.5M6.93%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$4.2M6.47%
R. Seelaus and Co., LLC$3.3M5.06%
Hilltop Securities Inc.$2.8M4.34%
Jefferies LLC$2.5M3.87%
ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INCORPORATED$1.7M2.67%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.