Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Bd of Ttee of Plum & Pipe Lu No 74 Pipefitters Lu No. 74 Pension Fund Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-07-24
- $171M
- Total assets
- 459
- Participants
- 94th
- Percentile by assets
- $372,814
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union No. 74 Pension Fund · Sponsored by Bd of Ttee of Plum & Pipe Lu No 74 Pipefitters Lu No. 74 Pension Fund · Delaware · Construction
$171M in assets, 459 participants
Bd of Ttee of Plum & Pipe Lu No 74 Pipefitters Lu No. 74 Pension Fund's Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union No. 74 Pension Fund reported $171M in total assets and 459 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 126,618 plans)
What the 2023 filing shows
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union No. 74 Pension Fund holds $171M for 459 participants - about $372,814 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, up 10.6% over the 2023 plan year.
- $171M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 459
- covered participants
- 94th
- percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
- $372,814
- avg assets per participant
Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
What the Filing Says About Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union No. 74 Pension Fund
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union No. 74 Pension Fund is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Bd of Ttee of Plum & Pipe Lu No 74 Pipefitters Lu No. 74 Pension Fund, headquartered in Delaware. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $171M in total end-of-year assets and covers 459 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 516015925, and the plan has been effective since 1958-11-28. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.
Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $155M at the beginning of 2023 to $171M at year-end - up 10.6%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $171M, with reported net income of $16M 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 1 prior plan-year filing from the same sponsor shown below.
Across the 2 plan years Bd of Ttee of Plum & Pipe Lu No 74 Pipefitters Lu No. 74 Pension Fund has on file with PlainRetire (2023-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $171M to $184M, a gain of 7.5%, while reported participants moved from 459 to 491 (+7.0%). Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2023 - $171M in assets across 1 plan covering 459 participants; 2024 - $184M in assets across 1 plan covering 491 participants.
By assets, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union No. 74 Pension Fund outranks 94% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.7x 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 Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union No. 74 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) | $155M |
|---|---|
| Total Assets (End of Year) | $171M |
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $171M |
| Net Income | $16M |
| Plan Type | Defined Benefit (Pension) |
| Employer EIN | 516015925 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1958-11-28 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bd of Ttee of Plum & Pipe Lu No 74 Pipefitters Lu No. 74 Pension Fund)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 459 | $171M |
| 2024 | 1 | 491 | $184M |
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Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union No. 74 Pension Fund by total assets, not by location.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What this filing means
Ways to act on Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union No. 74 Pension Fund's numbers.
- By total assets, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union No. 74 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Delaware. Compare plans
- Bd of Ttee of Plum & Pipe Lu No 74 Pipefitters Lu No. 74 Pension Fund's sponsor-wide assets have grown 7.5% since 2023 across 2 plan years on file. More Construction plans
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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 516015925.
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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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.