Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Trustees of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $123M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 443
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 94th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $278,772
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund · Sponsored by Trustees of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund · Illinois · Construction
$123M in assets, 443 participants
Trustees of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund's Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund reported $123M in total assets and 443 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.
- #9,195 in Construction (9,927 peers)
Where Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund sits by assets
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $123M for 443 participants (~$278,772/participant), down 8.4% in 2022.
- #9,195
- in Construction (9,927 peers)
- -8.4%
- assets change YoY
- 1.2×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $11M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund's outsized position by total assets
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$123,496,165 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund sits mid-pack in the medium band (443 participants).
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 356212986 · Trustees of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund · $123M · 443 · 94th
- TYPE $123M
- TYPE 443
- TYPE 94th
- TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
- TYPE near Retirement Plan for Employees of Highland Hospital of Rochester, Ny
- TYPE ind #9195
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 Illinois →
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2022)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $135M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $123M |
| Net Income | -$11M |
| Employer EIN | 356212986 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1963-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Trustees of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Trustees of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $156M 25.921979844475334% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 443 | $123M |
| 2023 | 1 | 476 | $141M |
| 2024 | 1 | 495 | $156M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan $42.6B · 50,096
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees $32.1B · 49,052
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund $8.0B · 20,170
- John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees $7.3B · N/A
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $6.8B · 16,809
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan for Employees of Highland Hospital of Rochester, Ny in NY ($124M); by covered participants it is Barclays Pension Plan in NY (443 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($123M here).
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Highland Hospital of Rochester, Ny (NY) $124M · 492
- Stolt-Nielsen US Pension Plan (TX) $124M · 222
- Plumbers Local 27 Pension Fund (PA) $123M · 442
- Reed Smith LLP Cash Balance Retirement Plan (PA) $124M · 302
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (443 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Barclays Pension Plan (NY) 443 · 0 off
- Ufcw Heartland Pension Fund (OH) 443 · 0 off
- Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel (NY) 442 · 1 off
- Teamsters Local 819 Pension Fund (NY) 444 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.