Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$1.3B
Total assets
5,701
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$235,330
Avg per participant

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.

  • 99th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)

What the 2022 filing shows

NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund holds $1.3B for 5,701 participants - about $235,330 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, down 3.7% over the 2022 plan year.

$1.3B
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
5,701
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
$235,330
avg assets per participant

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.

State
Industry
Construction

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

What the Filing Says About NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund

NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund, headquartered in Illinois. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $1.3B in total end-of-year assets and covers 5,701 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 516029903, and the plan has been effective since 1971-06-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged down modestly from $1.4B at the beginning of 2022 to $1.3B at year-end - down 3.7%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $1.3B, with reported net income of -$53M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 1 prior plan-year filing from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 2 plan years NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2023), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $1.3B to $1.5B, a gain of 11.6%, while reported participants moved from 5,701 to 5,763 (+1.1%). Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $1.3B in assets across 1 plan covering 5,701 participants; 2023 - $1.5B in assets across 1 plan covering 5,763 participants.

By assets, NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund outranks 99% of the 139,258 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 13x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2022 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (139,258 plans), rank NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.4B
Total Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income-$53M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN516029903
Plan Effective Date1971-06-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund)

$1.3B$1.35B$1.4B$1.45B$1.5B$1.55B 20222023 $1.34B $1.5B ▲ +11.9%
Total plan assets by year, all NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 5,701 $1.3B
2023 1 5,763 $1.5B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund?
As of the 2022 Form 5500 filing, NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund holds $1.3B in total assets with 5,701 participants. It is sponsored by NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund.
What type of plan is NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund?
NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1971-06-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 516029903.
Who sponsors the NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund?
NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund is sponsored by NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund, located in Illinois. The sponsor's EIN is 516029903 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund perform in 2022?
NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund edged down modestly - down 3.7% during 2022, moving from $1.4B to $1.3B in total assets. Net income was -$53M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund's numbers.

  • By total assets, NECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
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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 516029903.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

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

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.