Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.3B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 6,062
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $209,112
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund · Sponsored by Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund · California · Construction
$1.3B in assets, 6,062 participants
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund reported $1.3B in total assets and 6,062 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.
- #9,845 in Construction (9,927 peers)
Coverage in California
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund covers 6,062 participants in California, 9.6x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.
- #9,845
- in Construction (9,927 peers)
- -8.0%
- assets change YoY
- 13×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $111M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's outsized position by total assets
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,267,638,365 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
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund'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. Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund lands in the large band (6,062 participants).
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 516108443 · Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund · $1.3B · 6,062 · 99th
- SCH $1.3B
- SCH 6,062
- SCH 99th
- SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
- SCH near Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of Kansas City
- SCH ind #9845
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 →
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.3B |
| Net Income | -$111M |
| Employer EIN | 516108443 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1958-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.6B 24.39042123815809% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 6,062 | $1.3B |
| 2023 | 1 | 6,346 | $1.4B |
| 2024 | 1 | 6,611 | $1.6B |
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
Scale composition for Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund reports $1.3B in end-of-year assets across 6,062 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $209,112 per participant (1.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$111M.
This plan identity (EIN 516108443, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.3B to $1.6B (+24.4%) while covered participants moved from 6,062 to 6,611 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6,062 | $1.3B | This page |
| 2023 | 6,346 | $1.4B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 6,611 | $1.6B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.6B, 6,611 participants)
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of Kansas City in MO ($1.3B); by covered participants it is Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan in ME (6,070 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.3B here).
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of Kansas City (MO) $1.3B · 5,650
- Conocophillips Retirement Plan (TX) $1.3B · 4,178
- Retirement Plan of Carilion Clinic (VA) $1.3B · 10,722
- Western Pennsylvania Teamsters and Employers Pension Fund (PA) $1.3B · 3,799
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,062 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan (ME) 6,070 · 8 off
- Local 804 I.B.T. and Local 447 I.a.M. - UPS Multi-Employer Retirement Plan (GA) 6,053 · 9 off
- American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program (TX) 6,074 · 12 off
- Pension Plan of L'oreal USA, Inc. (NJ) 6,050 · 12 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.