Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

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

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.2B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,769
Participants Above avg headcount
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$331,137
Avg per participant High balance/head
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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.

  • #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.

#9,889
in Construction (9,927 peers)
+6.2%
assets growth YoY
22×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2's outsized position by total assets

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,241,466,949 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2'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. Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 lands in the large band (6,769 participants).

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 516030753 · Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 · $2.2B · 6,769 · 100th

  • BOY $2.2B
  • BOY 6,769
  • BOY 100th
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near Retirement Plan of Norfolk Southern Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies
  • BOY ind #9889

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 →

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 in the asset neighbourhood

Monsanto Company Pension Plan$2.3BSaint-Gobain Retirement Income PlanSaint-Gobain Retirement Inco…$2.3BElectrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2Electrical Contractors Assoc…$2.2BRetirement Plan of Norfolk Southern Corporation and Participating Subsidiary CompaniesRetirement Plan of Norfolk S…$2.2BTransamerica Pension Plan$2.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.2B
Net Income$131M
Employer EIN516030753
Plan Effective Date1949-10-07
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

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

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6.2B 20.884012191611486% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4.5B$5B$5.5B$6B$6.5B 202220232024 $5.1B $6.16B ▲ +20.8%
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 Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2, Total assets ($B): 2.241466949 · Participants: 6769Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 42.629770802 · Participants: 50096Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 32.129102809 · Participants: 49052State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.958716532 · Participants: 20170United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension FundJohn Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.304502684 · Participants: 0John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.770339506 · Participants: 16809Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
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
Compare Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 side-by-side with 3 peers →

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 Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan of Norfolk Southern Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies in GA ($2.2B); by covered participants it is Electrical Workers Local No. 26 Pension Fund in MD (6,786 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.2B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,769 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 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).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount 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 covered participants is Electrical Workers Local No. 26 Pension Fund in MD (6,786 participants, $877M 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 516030753.

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.