Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Trustees of NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund Money Purchase Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$129M
Total assets
1,443
Participants
93rd
Percentile by assets
$89,655
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund · Sponsored by Trustees of NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund · Florida · Construction

$129M in assets, 1,443 participants

Trustees of NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund's NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund reported $129M in total assets and 1,443 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 93rd 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.

  • 93rd percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund holds $129M for 1,443 participants - about $89,655 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, up 12.1% over the 2023 plan year.

$129M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
1,443
covered participants
93rd
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$89,655
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Construction

Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund

NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund is a Money Purchase retirement plan sponsored by Trustees of NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund, headquartered in Florida. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $129M in total end-of-year assets and covers 1,443 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 596976863, and the plan has been effective since 1992-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $115M at the beginning of 2023 to $129M at year-end - up 12.1%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $129M, with reported net income of $14M 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 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Trustees of NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $115M to $144M, a gain of 24.7%, while reported participants moved from 1,358 to 1,412 (+4.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $144M; the softest was 2022 at $115M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $115M in assets across 1 plan covering 1,358 participants; 2023 - $129M in assets across 1 plan covering 1,443 participants; 2024 - $144M in assets across 1 plan covering 1,412 participants.

By assets, NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund outranks 93% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.3x 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 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank NECA-IBEW 177 Pension 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 (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$115M
Total Assets (End of Year)$129M
Net Assets (End of Year)$129M
Net Income$14M
Plan TypeMoney Purchase
Employer EIN596976863
Plan Effective Date1992-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Trustees of NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund)

$110M$120M$130M$140M$150M 202220232024 $115M $144M ▲ +24.7%
Total plan assets by year, all Trustees of NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 1,358 $115M
2023 1 1,443 $129M
2024 1 1,412 $144M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund holds $129M in total assets with 1,443 participants. It is sponsored by Trustees of NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund.
What type of plan is NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund?
NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund is a Money Purchase plan. It has been effective since 1992-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 596976863.
Who sponsors the NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund?
NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund is sponsored by Trustees of NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund, located in Florida. The sponsor's EIN is 596976863 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund perform in 2023?
NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund grew at a solid clip - up 12.1% during 2023, moving from $115M to $129M in total assets. Net income was $14M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund's numbers.

  • By total assets, NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Money Purchase plans in Florida. Compare plans
  • Trustees of NECA-IBEW 177 Pension Fund's sponsor-wide assets have grown 24.7% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Construction plans
  • A Money Purchase plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 596976863.

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.