Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $7.5B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 31,010
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $241,391
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust · Sponsored by Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National · Missouri · Construction
$7.5B in assets, 31,010 participants
Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National's Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust reported $7.5B in total assets and 31,010 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.
- #9,925 in Construction (9,927 peers)
Coverage in Missouri
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust covers 31,010 participants in Missouri, 42x the typical Missouri plan (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $7.5B.
- #9,925
- in Construction (9,927 peers)
- -15.5%
- assets change YoY
- 75×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1.4B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust's outsized position by total assets
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$7,485,527,737 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust'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. Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust is a mega filing (31,010 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 486168020 · Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust · $7.5B · 31,010 · 100th
- EOY $7.5B
- EOY 31,010
- EOY 100th
- EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EOY near Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan
- EOY ind #9925
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 Missouri →
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust in the asset neighbourhood
Missouri filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $8.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $7.1B |
| Net Income | -$1.4B |
| Employer EIN | 486168020 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1960-06-20 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $7.5B 0.038551710732910215% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 31,010 | $7.5B |
| 2023 | 1 | 30,358 | $7.8B |
| 2024 | 1 | 28,958 | $7.5B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Missouri
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Ameren Retirement Plan $4.4B · 10,080
- Co-Op Retirement Plan $3.4B · 15,460
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis $3.3B · 8,767
- Emerson Electric Company Retirement Plan $3.1B · 4,763
- Bjc Pension Plan $2.8B · 19,132
Scale composition for Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust reports $7.5B in end-of-year assets across 31,010 participants (0.061% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.033% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $241,391 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.4B.
This plan identity (EIN 486168020, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $7.5B to $7.5B (+0.0%) while covered participants moved from 31,010 to 28,958 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31,010 | $7.5B | This page |
| 2023 | 30,358 | $7.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 28,958 | $7.5B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust (Defined Benefit (Pension), $7.5B, 28,958 participants)
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Missouri, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan in OH ($7.6B); by covered participants it is Usaa Pension Plan in TX (31,143 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7.5B here).
- Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan (OH) $7.6B · 12,346
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan for Scpmg (CA) $7.6B · 45,962
- Delta Retirement Plan (GA) $7.4B · 15,951
- Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I (NY) $7.7B · 11,386
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (31,010 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Usaa Pension Plan (TX) 31,143 · 133 off
- Intermountain Healthcare Pension Plan (UT) 30,404 · 606 off
- Northwell Health Cash Balance Plan (NY) 31,833 · 823 off
- Screen Actors Guild - Producers Pension Plan (CA) 32,482 · 1,472 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.