Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Tempel Steel Company, LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$56M
Total assets Below avg plan size
144
Participants Small participant base
87th
Percentile by assets National rank
$389,324
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Tempel Employees Pension Plan · Sponsored by Tempel Steel Company, LLC · Illinois · Manufacturing

$56M in assets, 144 participants

Tempel Steel Company, LLC's Tempel Employees Pension Plan reported $56M in total assets and 144 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 87th 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.

  • #15,094 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Tempel Employees Pension Plan covers 144 participants in Illinois, about 18% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $56M.

#15,094
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+2.5%
assets growth YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Tempel Employees Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Tempel Employees Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$56,062,652 Top 13% higher than 87% of 127,068 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 2023

Tempel Employees Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Tempel Employees Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (144 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Tempel Employees Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$12M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Tempel Employees Pension Plan reported participants fell from 157 in the plan year 2022 filing to 144 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Tempel Employees Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $55M in the plan year 2022 filing to $56M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 202122127 · Tempel Steel Company, LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Tempel Employees Pension Plan · $56M · 144 · 87th

  • TYPE $56M
  • NET 144
  • BOOK 87th
  • VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club Pension Plan
  • SCH ind #15094

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Tempel Employees Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Tempel Employees Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$55M
Net Assets (End of Year)$56M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN202122127
Plan Effective Date1984-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Tempel Steel Company, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Tempel Steel Company, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$40M 62.7743533361276% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$50M$100M$150M 202220232024 $106M $39.6M ▼ -62.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 454 $106M
2023 2 482 $56M
2024 1 126 $40M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Tempel Employees Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Tempel Employees Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.056062652 · Participants: 144Tempel Employees Pension PlanCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 49.680270595 · Participants: 48538Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 35.242945747 · Participants: 45001State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.965094339 · Participants: 20680United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension FundJohn Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.960744597 · Participants: 16346John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.819798504 · Participants: 17382Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
Tempel Employees Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
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Tempel Employees Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club Pension Plan in WI ($56M); by covered participants it is Utah Valley Pediatrics, PLLC Cash Balance Pension Plan in UT (144 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (144 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Tempel Employees Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Tempel Employees Pension Plan edged up modestly - up 2.5% during 2023, from $55M to $56M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Tempel Steel Company, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Tempel Steel Company, LLC's sponsor-wide assets declined 62.8%, from $106M to $40M.
Where does Tempel Employees Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Tempel Employees Pension Plan ranks in the 87th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Tempel Employees Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club Pension Plan in WI ($56M, 102 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Tempel Employees Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Utah Valley Pediatrics, PLLC Cash Balance Pension Plan in UT (144 participants, $6M in assets).

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 202122127.

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.