Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.3B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 5,701
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $235,330
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund · Sponsored by NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund · Illinois · Construction
$1.3B in assets, 5,701 participants
NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund's NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund reported $1.3B in total assets and 5,701 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.
- #9,848 in Construction (9,927 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund covers 5,701 participants in Illinois, 7.3x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.
- #9,848
- in Construction (9,927 peers)
- -3.7%
- assets change YoY
- 13×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $53M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund's outsized position by total assets
NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,341,618,245 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
NECA-IBEW Pension Trust 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. NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund lands in the large band (5,701 participants).
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 516029903 · NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund · $1.3B · 5,701 · 99th
- EBSA $1.3B
- EBSA 5,701
- EBSA 99th
- EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EBSA near Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan
- EBSA ind #9848
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 →
NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.3B |
| Net Income | -$53M |
| Employer EIN | 516029903 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1971-06-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.6B 18.562916457654467% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 5,701 | $1.3B |
| 2023 | 1 | 5,763 | $1.5B |
| 2024 | 1 | 6,143 | $1.6B |
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
Scale composition for NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund
NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund reports $1.3B in end-of-year assets across 5,701 participants (0.011% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $235,330 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$53M.
This plan identity (EIN 516029903, 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 (+18.6%) while covered participants moved from 5,701 to 6,143 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,701 | $1.3B | This page |
| 2023 | 5,763 | $1.5B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 6,143 | $1.6B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.6B, 6,143 participants)
NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan in NY ($1.3B); by covered participants it is 32bj North Pension Fund in NY (5,695 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.3B here).
- Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan (NY) $1.3B · 1,705
- Pipe Trades Services Mn Pension Plan (MN) $1.3B · 4,609
- Smithfield Foods Salaried Pension Plan (VA) $1.3B · 10,692
- Sentry Employee Retirement Plan (WI) $1.3B · 1,421
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,701 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- 32bj North Pension Fund (NY) 5,695 · 6 off
- Kaleida Health Pension Growth Plan (NY) 5,710 · 9 off
- Baker Hughes Company Pension Plan (TX) 5,726 · 25 off
- Beth Israel Lahey Health Defined Benefit Plan I (MA) 5,676 · 25 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.