Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $941M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 2,375
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $396,379
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan · Sponsored by Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust · California · Construction
$941M in assets, 2,375 participants
Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust's Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan reported $941M in total assets and 2,375 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.
- #9,808 in Construction (9,927 peers)
Coverage in California
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan covers 2,375 participants in California, 3.8x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $941M.
- #9,808
- in Construction (9,927 peers)
- -10.0%
- assets change YoY
- 9.4×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $110M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$941,401,098 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
Northern California Pipe Trades 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. Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan lands in the large band (2,375 participants).
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 943190386 · Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan · $941M · 2,375 · 99th
- NET $941M
- BOOK 2,375
- VS-ST 99th
- BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- SCH near Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan
- EBSA ind #9808
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 California →
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $915M |
| Net Income | -$110M |
| Employer EIN | 943190386 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1994-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.7B 25.827094189591353% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 4,721 | $1.4B |
| 2023 | 2 | 5,026 | $1.6B |
| 2024 | 2 | 4,912 | $1.7B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $31.9B · 126,331
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $17.1B · 25,709
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $10.4B · 19,326
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $9.2B · 11,405
- Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan $8.8B · 59,141
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan in PA ($937M); by covered participants it is Avantor Pension Plan in PA (2,374 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($941M here).
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan (PA) $937M · 1,823
- Ashland Hercules Pension Plan (KY) $946M · 317
- Pension Plan for Pactiv Evergreen (IL) $935M · 89
- Lyondellbasell Pension Plan (TX) $948M · 7,965
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,375 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Avantor Pension Plan (PA) 2,374 · 1 off
- Federated Mutual Retirement Plan (MN) 2,377 · 2 off
- Mondelez Global LLC Retirement Plan (IL) 2,379 · 4 off
- Trihealth, Inc. Retirement Plan (OH) 2,379 · 4 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.