Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Board of Trustees, Kern County Electrical Workers Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $181M
- Total assets
- 652
- Participants
- 94th
- Percentile by assets
- $277,117
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Kern County Electrical Workers Pension Fund · Sponsored by Board of Trustees, Kern County Electrical Workers · California · Construction
$181M in assets, 652 participants
Board of Trustees, Kern County Electrical Workers's Kern County Electrical Workers Pension Fund reported $181M in total assets and 652 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.
- 94th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #8,405 in Construction (9,030 peers)
Where Kern County Electrical Workers Pension Fund sits by assets
Kern County Electrical Workers Pension Fund sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $181M for 652 participants (~$277,117/participant), up 11.4% in 2023.
- $181M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 652
- covered participants
- 94th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $277,117
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Kern County Electrical Workers Pension Fund reported net income rose from -$19M in the plan year 2022 filing to $17M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Kern County Electrical Workers Pension Fund reported participants rose from 481 in the plan year 2022 filing to 652 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Kern County Electrical Workers Pension Fund end-of-year assets rose from $162M in the plan year 2022 filing to $181M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Kern County Electrical Workers Pension Fund vs the 2023 asset distribution
By assets, Kern County Electrical Workers Pension Fund outranks 94% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.8x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $162M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $179M |
| Net Income | $17M |
| Employer EIN | 956123049 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1965-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees, Kern County Electrical Workers)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 481 | $162M |
| 2023 | 1 | 652 | $181M |
| 2024 | 1 | 689 | $201M |
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Kern County Electrical Workers Pension Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $33.5B · 127,356
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $21.4B · 22,914
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $18.0B · 25,647
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $10.8B · 19,545
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $10.1B · 10,813
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Kern County Electrical Workers Pension Fund by total assets, not by location.
- Ada Employees' Retirement Plan (IL) $181M · 399
- Transit Management of Southeast Louisiana, Inc. Retirement Income Plan (LA) $181M · 1,631
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc. Retirement Plan (PA) $181M · 1,297
- Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union No. 9 Pension Pla (CO) $181M · 800
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- By total assets, Kern County Electrical Workers Pension Fund ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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- Board of Trustees, Kern County Electrical Workers's sponsor-wide assets have grown 23.9% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Construction plans