Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Paul Mueller Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$17M
Total assets Small plan by assets
111
Participants Small participant base
75th
Percentile by assets National rank
$155,364
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Paul Mueller Company · Missouri · Manufacturing

$17M in assets, 111 participants

Paul Mueller Company's Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan reported $17M in total assets and 111 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 75th 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.

  • #13,392 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Missouri

Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan covers 111 participants in Missouri, about 15% of the average Missouri filer (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $17M.

#13,392
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-12.3%
assets change YoY
0.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$17,245,442 Top 25% higher than 75% 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

Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (111 participants).

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 440520907 · Paul Mueller Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan · $17M · 111 · 75th

  • RANK $17M
  • PHOTO 111
  • IND 75th
  • EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • 5500 near Pension Plan for Employees of California Labor Federation AFL-CIO
  • ASSETS ind #13392

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Missouri →

Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Missouri filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$20M
Net Assets (End of Year)$17M
Net Income-$2M
Employer EIN440520907
Plan Effective Date1965-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Paul Mueller Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Paul Mueller Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$70M 45.146699850064174% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$40M$60M$80M$100M$120M$140M 202220232024 $127M $69.8M ▼ -45.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 858 $127M
2023 3 842 $66M
2024 1 664 $70M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Missouri

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

Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -202468 Total assets ($B) Participants Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.017245442 · Participants: 111Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement PlanBoilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 7.485527737 · Participants: 31010Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension TrustAmeren Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.442367346 · Participants: 10080Ameren Retirement PlanCo-Op Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.376779083 · Participants: 15460Co-Op Retirement PlanCarpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis, Total assets ($B): 3.256518868 · Participants: 8767Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. LouisEmerson Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.12779001 · Participants: 4763Emerson Electric Company Retirement Plan
Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants
Compare Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Missouri, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan for Employees of California Labor Federation AFL-CIO in CA ($17M); by covered participants it is Ashcroft Inc. Retirement Plan for Union Employees in CT (111 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (111 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 Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 12.3% during 2022, from $20M to $17M. Reported net income was -$2M.
How have Paul Mueller Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Paul Mueller Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 45.1%, from $127M to $70M.
Where does Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan ranks in the 75th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pension Plan for Employees of California Labor Federation AFL-CIO in CA ($17M, 17 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Paul Mueller Company Contract Employees Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ashcroft Inc. Retirement Plan for Union Employees in CT (111 participants, $20M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 440520907.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.