Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Board of Trustees Seafarers Pension Plan Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 7,399
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $241,198
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Seafarers Pension Plan · Sponsored by Board of Trustees Seafarers Pension Plan · Maryland · Transportation & Warehousing
$1.8B in assets, 7,399 participants
Board of Trustees Seafarers Pension Plan's Seafarers Pension Plan reported $1.8B in total assets and 7,399 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.
- #3,834 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
Coverage in Maryland
Seafarers Pension Plan covers 7,399 participants in Maryland, 8.0x the typical Maryland plan (state average ~929 per filing). Assets: $1.8B.
- #3,834
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
- -16.7%
- assets change YoY
- 18×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $358M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Seafarers Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Seafarers Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,784,623,636 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Seafarers Pension Plan'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. Seafarers Pension Plan lands in the large band (7,399 participants).
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 136100329 · Board of Trustees Seafarers Pension Plan PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Seafarers Pension Plan · $1.8B · 7,399 · 99th
- EIN $1.8B
- RANK 7,399
- PHOTO 99th
- IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EOY near Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan
- 5500 ind #3834
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 Maryland →
Seafarers Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Maryland filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.8B |
| Net Income | -$358M |
| Employer EIN | 136100329 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1961-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees Seafarers Pension Plan)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Board of Trustees Seafarers Pension Plan plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.1B 15.215838708078167% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 7,399 | $1.8B |
| 2023 | 1 | 7,093 | $1.9B |
| 2024 | 1 | 7,182 | $2.1B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Maryland
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program $18.8B · 21,647
- National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund $4.3B · 14,916
- Major League Baseball Players Pension Plan $4.2B · 1,041
- International Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Plan $3.9B · 50,952
- Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Nfl Player Retirement Plan $3.7B · 2,587
Scale composition for Seafarers Pension Plan
Seafarers Pension Plan reports $1.8B in end-of-year assets across 7,399 participants (0.014% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $241,198 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$358M.
This plan identity (EIN 136100329, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.8B to $2.1B (+15.2%) while covered participants moved from 7,399 to 7,182 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,399 | $1.8B | This page |
| 2023 | 7,093 | $1.9B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 7,182 | $2.1B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Seafarers Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.1B, 7,182 participants)
Seafarers Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Maryland, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan in VA ($1.8B); by covered participants it is Nokia Retirement Income Plan in NJ (7,413 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.8B here).
- Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan (VA) $1.8B · 16,288
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Mission Systems) (VA) $1.8B · 2,834
- Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP Retirement Accumulation Plan for Partners (FL) $1.8B · 3,819
- Aramco U.S. Retirement Income Plan (TX) $1.8B · 1,745
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,399 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Nokia Retirement Income Plan (NJ) 7,413 · 14 off
- The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan (WI) 7,377 · 22 off
- Hotel Union and Hotel Industry of Hawaii Pension Plan (HI) 7,370 · 29 off
- Yale University Retirement Plan for Staff Employees (CT) 7,460 · 61 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.