Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$2.2B
Total assets: 6,769
Participants: 100th
Percentile by assets: $331,137
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 · Sponsored by Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan · Illinois · Construction

$2.2B in assets, 6,769 participants

Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan's Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 reported $2.2B in total assets and 6,769 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.

100th percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
#9,889 in Construction (9,927 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 covers 6,769 participants in Illinois, 8.7x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $2.2B.

$2.2B
total plan assets (2022 EOY): 6,769
covered participants: 100th
percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans): $331,137
avg assets per participant

State

Illinois

Industry

Construction

Participants vs Illinois filers

In Illinois, the average filing covers about 779 participants across 5,745 plans. Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 reports 6,769 participants - 8.7x that state average ($2.2B EOY assets).

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)	$2.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)	$2.2B
Net Income	$131M
Employer EIN	516030753
Plan Effective Date	1949-10-07
Filing Status	FILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan)

Total plan assets by year, all Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan plans on file

Year	Plans	Participants	Total Assets
2022	2	28,754	$5.1B
2023	2	30,108	$5.7B
2024	2	31,363	$6.2B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants

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

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Scale composition for Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 reports $2.2B in end-of-year assets across 6,769 participants (0.018% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $331,137 per participant (2.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was $131M.

This plan identity (EIN 516030753, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.2B to $2.7B (+20.1%) while covered participants moved from 6,769 to 7,085 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year	Participants	EOY assets	Filing
2022	6,769	$2.2B	This page
2023	7,000	$2.4B	Open filing
2024 · index core	7,085	$2.7B	Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Plan 5 (Profit Sharing, $3.5B, 24,278 participants)
Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.7B, 7,085 participants)

Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally

Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 by total assets, not by location.

Retirement Plan of Norfolk Southern Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies (GA) $2.2B · 4,832
Transamerica Pension Plan (IA) $2.2B · 6,789
Monsanto Company Pension Plan (MO) $2.3B · 4,817
Saint-Gobain Retirement Income Plan (PA) $2.3B · 11,456

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 assets move in 2022? ▼

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 grew at a solid clip - up 6.2% during 2022, from $2.1B to $2.2B. Reported net income was $131M.

How have Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan plan assets changed over time? ▼

Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.9%, from $5.1B to $6.2B.

Where does Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).

Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2? ▼

Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Plan of Norfolk Southern Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies in GA ($2.2B, 4,832 participants).

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Filing takeaways

Ways to act on Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2's numbers.

By total assets, Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois. Compare plans
Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan's sponsor-wide assets have grown 20.9% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Construction plans

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 516030753.