Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.2B
Total assets Very large vs avg
5,414
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$229,932
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada · Sponsored by Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan · California · Construction

$1.2B in assets, 5,414 participants

Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan's Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada reported $1.2B in total assets and 5,414 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #9,842 in Construction (9,927 peers)

Coverage in California

Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada covers 5,414 participants in California, 8.6x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $1.2B.

#9,842
in Construction (9,927 peers)
-11.9%
assets change YoY
12×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $168M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada's outsized position by total assets

Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$1,244,851,239 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada lands in the large band (5,414 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 956052257 · Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada · $1.2B · 5,414 · 99th

  • RANK $1.2B
  • RANK 5,414
  • RANK 99th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Constellation Employee Pension Plan
  • RANK ind #9842

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 Construction retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada in the asset neighbourhood

Central Pennsylvania Teamsters Defined Benefit PlanCentral Pennsylvania Teamste…$1.2BRocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension PlanRocky Mountain Ufcw Unions a…$1.2BSheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and NevadaSheet Metal Workers' Pension…$1.2BConstellation Employee Pension PlanConstellation Employee Pensi…$1.2BItw Retirement Accumulation PlanItw Retirement Accumulation …$1.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.4B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.2B
Net Income-$168M
Employer EIN956052257
Plan Effective Date1958-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.4B 55.844555277240296% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$2B$3B$4B 202220232024 $3.22B $1.42B ▼ -55.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 14,291 $3.2B
2023 1 5,299 $1.3B
2024 1 5,402 $1.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada, Total assets ($B): 1.244851239 · Participants: 5414Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and NevadaKaiser Permanente Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 31.853758931 · Participants: 126331Kaiser Permanente Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.05949917 · Participants: 25709Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 10.381485239 · Participants: 19326Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc.Disney Salaried Pension Plan D, Total assets ($B): 9.228005463 · Participants: 11405Disney Salaried Pension Plan DWells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.784432859 · Participants: 59141Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan
Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada

Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada reports $1.2B in end-of-year assets across 5,414 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $229,932 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$168M.

This plan identity (EIN 956052257, plan #001) has 5 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.2B to $1.4B (+14.1%) while covered participants moved from 5,414 to 5,402 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 5,414 $1.2B This page
2022 4,357 $1.0B Open filing
2022 4,520 $957M Open filing
2023 5,299 $1.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 5,402 $1.4B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Constellation Employee Pension Plan in PA ($1.2B); by covered participants it is Ufcw and Safeway Variable Annuity Pension Fund in MD (5,441 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,414 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada assets move in 2022? ▼
Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada pulled back noticeably - down 11.9% during 2022, from $1.4B to $1.2B. Reported net income was -$168M.
How have Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan's sponsor-wide assets declined 55.8%, from $3.2B to $1.4B.
Where does Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Constellation Employee Pension Plan in PA ($1.2B, 1,041 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ufcw and Safeway Variable Annuity Pension Fund in MD (5,441 participants, $17M in assets).