Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Board of Trustees, Pension Trust Fund for Operating Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $4.8B
- Total assets
- 19,523
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $246,237
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers · Sponsored by Board of Trustees, Pension Trust Fund for Operating · California · Construction
$4.8B in assets, 19,523 participants
Board of Trustees, Pension Trust Fund for Operating's Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers reported $4.8B in total assets and 19,523 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- #9,925 in Construction (9,938 peers)
Coverage in California
Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers covers 19,523 participants in California, 31x the typical California plan (state average ~637 per filing). Assets: $4.8B.
- $4.8B
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 19,523
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- $246,237
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $685M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Participants vs California filers
In California, the average filing covers about 637 participants across 14,392 plans. Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers reports 19,523 participants - 31x that state average ($4.8B EOY assets).
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $5.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.8B |
| Net Income | -$685M |
| Employer EIN | 946090764 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1959-12-30 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees, Pension Trust Fund for Operating)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 40,978 | $5.2B |
| 2023 | 2 | 67,062 | $5.6B |
| 2024 | 2 | 43,596 | $5.9B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $31.9B · 126,331
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $17.1B · 25,709
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $10.4B · 19,326
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $9.2B · 11,405
- Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan $8.8B · 59,141
Scale composition for Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers
Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers reports $4.8B in end-of-year assets across 19,523 participants (0.041% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.022% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $246,237 per participant (1.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$685M.
This plan identity (EIN 946090764, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $4.8B to $5.4B (+12.3%) while covered participants moved from 19,523 to 20,372 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19,523 | $4.8B | This page |
| 2023 | 44,447 | $5.1B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 20,372 | $5.4B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers (Defined Benefit (Pension), $5.4B, 20,372 participants)
- Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers Annuity Plan (Money Purchase, $548M, 23,224 participants)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers by total assets, not by location.
- Lumen Combined Pension Plan (LA) $4.8B · 14,232
- Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Pension Fund (IL) $4.8B · 9,897
- Nextera Energy, Inc. Employee Pension Plan (FL) $4.8B · 13,210
- New York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl (NY) $4.8B · 11,318
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers's numbers.
- By total assets, Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California. Compare plans
- Board of Trustees, Pension Trust Fund for Operating's sponsor-wide assets have grown 14.1% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Construction plans