Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Trustees of Massachusetts Service Employees' Pension Plan Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $248M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 12,521
- Participants Very large workforce
- 96th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $19,817
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Plan · Sponsored by Trustees of Massachusetts Service Employees' Pension Plan · Massachusetts · Other Services
$248M in assets, 12,521 participants
Trustees of Massachusetts Service Employees' Pension Plan's Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Plan reported $248M in total assets and 12,521 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #8,319 in Other Services (8,398 peers)
Coverage in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Plan covers 12,521 participants in Massachusetts, 19x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $248M.
- #8,319
- in Other Services (8,398 peers)
- -7.8%
- assets change YoY
- 2.5×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $24M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$248,129,284 Top 4% higher than 96% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Plan is a mega filing (12,521 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 046344921 · Trustees of Massachusetts Service Employees' Pension Plan PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Plan · $248M · 12,521 · 96th
- NET $248M
- BOOK 12,521
- VS-ST 96th
- BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- SCH near Mitsubishi Motors NA, Inc. - Manufacturing Div Pension Plan for Associates
- EBSA ind #8319
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →
Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Massachusetts filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $269M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $244M |
| Net Income | -$24M |
| Employer EIN | 046344921 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1973-09-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Trustees of Massachusetts Service Employees' Pension Plan)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Trustees of Massachusetts Service Employees' Pension Plan plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $300M 20.973062977927263% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 12,521 | $248M |
| 2023 | 1 | 12,718 | $276M |
| 2024 | 1 | 12,813 | $300M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Massachusetts
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Consolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member Organizations $9.1B · 55,495
- Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan $6.8B · 33,087
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement Plan $5.3B · 11,835
- N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund $4.8B · 17,323
- N. Atlantic States Carp. Guaranteed Annuity Fund $3.6B · 10,962
Scale composition for Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Plan
Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Plan reports $248M in end-of-year assets across 12,521 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $19,817 per participant (14% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$24M.
This plan identity (EIN 046344921, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $248M to $300M (+21.0%) while covered participants moved from 12,521 to 12,813 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12,521 | $248M | This page |
| 2023 | 12,718 | $276M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 12,813 | $300M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Massachusetts Service Employees' Pension Fund (Defined Benefit (Pension), $300M, 12,813 participants)
Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Massachusetts, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Mitsubishi Motors NA, Inc. - Manufacturing Div Pension Plan for Associates in TN ($248M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan of General Atomics in CA (12,489 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($248M here).
- Mitsubishi Motors NA, Inc. - Manufacturing Div Pension Plan for Associates (TN) $248M · N/A
- Local 553 Pension Fund (NY) $248M · 355
- Benjamin Moore & Co. Retirement Income Plan (NJ) $248M · 446
- Hunt Consolidated, Inc. Fidelity Pension Plan (TX) $249M · 267
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,521 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Pension Plan of General Atomics (CA) 12,489 · 32 off
- Midwest Operating Engineers Pension Trust Fund (IL) 12,568 · 47 off
- Honeywell Retirement Earnings Plan (NC) 12,452 · 69 off
- Berkshire Hathaway Consolidated Pension Plan (NE) 12,424 · 97 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.