Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 9,724
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $303,577
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity · Sponsored by Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund · Wisconsin · Construction
$3.0B in assets, 9,724 participants
Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund's Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity reported $3.0B in total assets and 9,724 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #9,898 in Construction (9,927 peers)
Coverage in Wisconsin
Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity covers 9,724 participants in Wisconsin, 17x the typical Wisconsin plan (state average ~563 per filing). Assets: $3.0B.
- #9,898
- in Construction (9,927 peers)
- -1.3%
- assets change YoY
- 30×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $32M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity's outsized position by total assets
Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$2,951,985,172 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity'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. Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity lands in the large band (9,724 participants).
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 516049409 · Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity · $3.0B · 9,724 · 100th
- EBSA $3.0B
- EBSA 9,724
- EBSA 100th
- EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EBSA near Verizon Management Pension Plan
- EBSA ind #9898
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 Wisconsin →
Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity in the asset neighbourhood
Wisconsin filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.9B |
| Net Income | -$32M |
| Employer EIN | 516049409 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1959-06-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.5B 19.634365087522195% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 9,724 | $3.0B |
| 2023 | 1 | 9,960 | $3.3B |
| 2024 | 1 | 10,236 | $3.5B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Wisconsin
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan $3.1B · 7,377
- Rockwell Automation Pension Plan $2.1B · 3,077
- The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement Plan $1.9B · 7,278
- Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan $1.8B · 1,744
- Johnson Controls Pension Plan $1.7B · 28
Scale composition for Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity
Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity reports $3.0B in end-of-year assets across 9,724 participants (0.024% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $303,577 per participant (2.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$32M.
This plan identity (EIN 516049409, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.0B to $3.5B (+19.6%) while covered participants moved from 9,724 to 10,236 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9,724 | $3.0B | This page |
| 2023 | 9,960 | $3.3B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 10,236 | $3.5B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity (Defined Benefit (Pension), $3.5B, 10,236 participants)
Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Wisconsin, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Verizon Management Pension Plan in NJ ($2.9B); by covered participants it is Ufcw-Giant Variable Annuity Fund in MD (9,713 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.0B here).
- Verizon Management Pension Plan (NJ) $2.9B · 12,977
- M&t Bank Corporation Pension Plan (NY) $2.9B · 3,795
- Northwest Carpenters Retirement Plan (WA) $3.0B · 15,284
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Government) (VA) $2.9B · 3,517
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,724 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Ufcw-Giant Variable Annuity Fund (MD) 9,713 · 11 off
- Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan (OH) 9,749 · 25 off
- Pension Plan for Eaton Corporation Employees (OH) 9,767 · 43 off
- Los Angeles Hotel-Restaurant Employer- Union Retirement Fund (CA) 9,650 · 74 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.