Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 8,806
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $136,469
- Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund · Sponsored by Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund · Pennsylvania · Construction
$1.2B in assets, 8,806 participants
Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund's Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund reported $1.2B in total assets and 8,806 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.
- #9,838 in Construction (9,927 peers)
Coverage in Pennsylvania
Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund covers 8,806 participants in Pennsylvania, 11x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $1.2B.
- #9,838
- in Construction (9,927 peers)
- -9.0%
- assets change YoY
- 12×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $169M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund's outsized position by total assets
Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,201,748,253 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
Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension 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. Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund lands in the large band (8,806 participants).
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 256135570 · Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund · $1.2B · 8,806 · 99th
- NET $1.2B
- BOOK 8,806
- VS-ST 99th
- BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- SCH near American Family Pension Plan
- EBSA ind #9838
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 Pennsylvania →
Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund in the asset neighbourhood
Pennsylvania filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.1B |
| Net Income | -$169M |
| Employer EIN | 256135570 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1958-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.7B 37.88372488692938% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 8,806 | $1.2B |
| 2023 | 1 | 8,460 | $1.2B |
| 2024 | 1 | 8,163 | $1.7B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Pennsylvania
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- National Elevator Industry Pension Plan $10.4B · 27,097
- Steelworkers Pension Trust $5.9B · 52,395
- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan $5.4B · 63,731
- Constellation Retirement Program $5.4B · 5,314
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan $5.0B · 8,098
Scale composition for Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund
Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund reports $1.2B in end-of-year assets across 8,806 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $136,469 per participant (99% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$169M.
This plan identity (EIN 256135570, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.2B to $1.7B (+37.9%) while covered participants moved from 8,806 to 8,163 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8,806 | $1.2B | This page |
| 2023 | 8,460 | $1.2B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,163 | $1.7B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.7B, 8,163 participants)
Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is American Family Pension Plan in WI ($1.2B); by covered participants it is Marsh & Mclennan Companies Retirement Plan in NY (8,819 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.2B here).
- American Family Pension Plan (WI) $1.2B · 11,381
- Jeep Corporation - UAW Retirement Income Plan (MI) $1.2B · 961
- Employees' Retirement Plan of Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc. (TX) $1.2B · 2,061
- William Beaumont Hospital Employees' Retirement Plan (MI) $1.2B · 8,777
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,806 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Marsh & Mclennan Companies Retirement Plan (NY) 8,819 · 13 off
- Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees (IL) 8,827 · 21 off
- American International Group Inc Retirement Plan (NY) 8,829 · 23 off
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis (MO) 8,767 · 39 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.