Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$70M
Total assets Below avg plan size
364
Participants Below avg headcount
91st
Percentile by assets National rank
$191,393
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan · Sponsored by Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension · Minnesota · Construction

$70M in assets, 364 participants

Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension's Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan reported $70M in total assets and 364 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st 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.

  • #8,837 in Construction (9,927 peers)

Coverage in Minnesota

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan covers 364 participants in Minnesota, about 32% of the average Minnesota filer (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $70M.

#8,837
in Construction (9,927 peers)
+3.0%
assets growth YoY
0.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$69,667,134 Top 9% higher than 91% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan 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. Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (364 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 410882304 · Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan · $70M · 364 · 91st

  • IND $70M
  • IND 364
  • IND 91st
  • IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc. Retirement Plan
  • IND ind #8837

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 Minnesota →

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Boston Symphony Orchestra Pension InstitutionBoston Symphony Orchestra Pe…$70MMannington Pension Plan and TrustMannington Pension Plan and …$70MWestern Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension PlanWestern Lake Superior Piping…$70MHitachi High-Tech America, Inc. Retirement PlanHitachi High-Tech America, I…$70MInternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No 226 Open End Pension FundInternational Brotherhood of…$70M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Minnesota filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$68M
Net Assets (End of Year)$69M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN410882304
Plan Effective Date1976-05-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$83M 19.23621545849726% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$65M$70M$75M$80M$85M 202220232024 $69.7M $83.1M ▲ +19.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 364 $70M
2023 1 388 $76M
2024 1 394 $83M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Minnesota

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.069667134 · Participants: 364Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan3M Employee Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.047885796 · Participants: 121603M Employee Retirement Income PlanMayo Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.299849315 · Participants: 66434Mayo Pension PlanThe Travelers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.940696075 · Participants: 25144The Travelers Pension PlanU.S. Bank Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.73901396 · Participants: 55836U.S. Bank Pension PlanTarget Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.348662968 · Participants: 50515Target Corporation Pension Plan
Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc. Retirement Plan in IL ($70M); by covered participants it is Southern Ct IBEW Pension Plan in CT (364 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (364 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan edged up modestly - up 3.0% during 2022, from $68M to $70M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension's sponsor-wide assets grew 19.2%, from $70M to $83M.
Where does Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan ranks in the 91st percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc. Retirement Plan in IL ($70M, 347 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Southern Ct IBEW Pension Plan in CT (364 participants, $50M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 410882304.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.