Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Trustees of Central States, Se and Sw Areas Pension Fund Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$42.6B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
50,096
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$850,962
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan · Sponsored by Trustees of Central States, Se and Sw Areas Pension Fund · Illinois · Transportation & Warehousing

$42.6B in assets, 50,096 participants

Trustees of Central States, Se and Sw Areas Pension Fund's Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan reported $42.6B in total assets and 50,096 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.

  • #3,875 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan covers 50,096 participants in Illinois, 64x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $42.6B.

#3,875
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
+321.1%
assets growth YoY
428×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$42,629,770,802 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas 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. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan is a mega filing (50,096 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 366044243 · Trustees of Central States, Se and Sw Areas Pension Fund PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan · $42.6B · 50,096 · 100th

  • EIN $42.6B
  • EIN 50,096
  • EIN 100th
  • EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near AT&T Pension Benefit Plan
  • EIN ind #3875

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 Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

GE Pension Plan$45.0BCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanCentral States, Southeast & …$42.6BAT&T Pension Benefit Plan$41.0BGeneral Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension PlanGeneral Motors Hourly-Rate E…$40.2BKaiser Permanente Retirement PlanKaiser Permanente Retirement…$31.9B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$10.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$41.5B
Net Income$33.3B
Employer EIN366044243
Plan Effective Date1955-02-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Trustees of Central States, Se and Sw Areas Pension Fund)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Trustees of Central States, Se and Sw Areas Pension Fund plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$48.2B 13.115106351305315% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$40B$45B$50B$55B 202220232024 $42.6B $48.2B ▲ +13.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 50,096 $42.6B
2023 1 48,538 $49.7B
2024 1 36,799 $48.2B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 42.629770802 · Participants: 50096Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 32.129102809 · Participants: 49052State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.958716532 · Participants: 20170United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension FundJohn Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.304502684 · Participants: 0John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.770339506 · Participants: 16809Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement PlanExelon Corporation Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 6.503776487 · Participants: 15189Exelon Corporation Retirement Program
Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan

Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan reports $42.6B in end-of-year assets across 50,096 participants (0.35% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.053% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $850,962 per participant (6.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was $33.3B.

This plan identity (EIN 366044243, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $42.6B to $48.2B (+13.1%) while covered participants moved from 50,096 to 36,799 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 50,096 $42.6B This page
2023 48,538 $49.7B Open filing
2024 · index core 36,799 $48.2B Open filing

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

Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is AT&T Pension Benefit Plan in TX ($41.0B); by covered participants it is Ufcw - Northern California Employers Joint Pension in CA (50,493 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($42.6B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (50,096 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 Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan surged - up 321.1% during 2022, from $10.1B to $42.6B. Reported net income was $33.3B.
How have Trustees of Central States, Se and Sw Areas Pension Fund plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Trustees of Central States, Se and Sw Areas Pension Fund's sponsor-wide assets grew 13.1%, from $42.6B to $48.2B.
Where does Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan ranks in the 100th 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 Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is AT&T Pension Benefit Plan in TX ($41.0B, 119,463 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ufcw - Northern California Employers Joint Pension in CA (50,493 participants, $3.0B 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 366044243.

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.