Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $1.3B
- Total assets
- 6,062
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $209,112
- Avg per participant
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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- #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.
- $1.3B
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 6,062
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- $209,112
- avg assets per participant
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.
Participants vs California filers
In California, the average filing covers about 630 participants across 15,291 plans. Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund reports 6,062 participants - 9.6x that state average ($1.3B EOY assets).
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)
| 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.
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
- 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)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund by total assets, not by location.
- 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
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's numbers.
- By total assets, Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California. Compare plans
- Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's sponsor-wide assets have grown 24.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Construction plans