Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.7B
Total assets Very large vs avg
15,003
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$116,608
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary · Sponsored by Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe · New York · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$1.7B in assets, 15,003 participants

Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe's American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary reported $1.7B in total assets and 15,003 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.

  • #3,071 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (3,077 peers)

Coverage in New York

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary covers 15,003 participants in New York, 19x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $1.7B.

#3,071
in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (3,077 peers)
-14.1%
assets change YoY
18×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $271M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary's outsized position by total assets

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,749,465,023 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary'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. American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary is a mega filing (15,003 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 516120204 · Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary · $1.7B · 15,003 · 99th

  • BOOK $1.7B
  • VS-ST 15,003
  • BOY 99th
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Disney Associated Companies' Retirement Plan
  • PART ind #3071

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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary in the asset neighbourhood

Twin City Carpenters and Joiners Pension FundTwin City Carpenters and Joi…$1.8BAmerican Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and SubsidiaryAmerican Federation of Music…$1.7BDisney Associated Companies' Retirement PlanDisney Associated Companies'…$1.8BGroup Retirement Income Plan No. 10Group Retirement Income Plan…$1.7BRetirement Plan for Employees of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. and Participating SubsidiariesRetirement Plan for Employee…$1.7B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.7B
Net Income-$271M
Employer EIN516120204
Plan Effective Date1959-10-02
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.2B 81.34566111871332% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.5B$2B$2.5B$3B$3.5B 202220232024 $1.75B $3.17B ▲ +81.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 15,003 $1.7B
2023 1 18,826 $1.8B
2024 1 19,021 $3.2B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 100001200014000160001800020000 0102030 Total assets ($B) Participants American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary, Total assets ($B): 1.749465023 · Participants: 15003American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and SubsidiaryIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 25.511753238 · Participants: 16431IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.815266303 · Participants: 11303Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.656963 · Participants: 11386Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan INew York State Nurses Association Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.019503014 · Participants: 18592New York State Nurses Association Pension PlanNew York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl, Total assets ($B): 4.837058087 · Participants: 11318New York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl
American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary reports $1.7B in end-of-year assets across 15,003 participants (0.014% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.016% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $116,608 per participant (84% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$271M.

This plan identity (EIN 516120204, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.7B to $3.2B (+81.3%) while covered participants moved from 15,003 to 19,021 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 15,003 $1.7B This page
2023 18,826 $1.8B Open filing
2024 · index core 19,021 $3.2B Open filing

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

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Disney Associated Companies' Retirement Plan in CA ($1.8B); by covered participants it is National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund in MD (14,916 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,003 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 American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary assets move in 2022? ▼
American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary pulled back noticeably - down 14.1% during 2022, from $2.0B to $1.7B. Reported net income was -$271M.
How have Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe's sponsor-wide assets grew 81.3%, from $1.7B to $3.2B.
Where does American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary ranks in the 99th 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 American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Disney Associated Companies' Retirement Plan in CA ($1.8B, 25,666 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund in MD (14,916 participants, $4.3B 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 516120204.

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.