Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Trustees of IBEW Local Union No 479 Pension Trust Fund Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$145M
Total assets
595
Participants
93rd
Percentile by assets
$243,395
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund · Sponsored by Trustees of IBEW Local Union No 479 Pension Trust Fund · Texas · Construction

$145M in assets, 595 participants

Trustees of IBEW Local Union No 479 Pension Trust Fund's IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund reported $145M in total assets and 595 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

IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund holds $145M for 595 participants - about $243,395 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, up 13.1% over the 2023 plan year.

$145M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
595
covered participants
93rd
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$243,395
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Construction

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund

IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Trustees of IBEW Local Union No 479 Pension Trust Fund, headquartered in Texas. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $145M in total end-of-year assets and covers 595 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 746183767, and the plan has been effective since 1972-09-06. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $128M at the beginning of 2023 to $145M at year-end - up 13.1%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $145M, with reported net income of $17M 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 IBEW Local Union No 479 Pension Trust Fund has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $128M to $162M, a gain of 26.8%, while reported participants moved from 615 to 653 (+6.2%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $162M; the softest was 2022 at $128M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $128M in assets across 1 plan covering 615 participants; 2023 - $145M in assets across 1 plan covering 595 participants; 2024 - $162M in assets across 1 plan covering 653 participants.

By assets, IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund outranks 93% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.4x 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 IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust 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)$128M
Total Assets (End of Year)$145M
Net Assets (End of Year)$145M
Net Income$17M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN746183767
Plan Effective Date1972-09-06
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Trustees of IBEW Local Union No 479 Pension Trust Fund)

$120M$140M$160M$180M 202220232024 $128M $162M ▲ +26.8%
Total plan assets by year, all Trustees of IBEW Local Union No 479 Pension Trust Fund 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 615 $128M
2023 1 595 $145M
2024 1 653 $162M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund holds $145M in total assets with 595 participants. It is sponsored by Trustees of IBEW Local Union No 479 Pension Trust Fund.
What type of plan is IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund?
IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1972-09-06. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 746183767.
Who sponsors the IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund?
IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund is sponsored by Trustees of IBEW Local Union No 479 Pension Trust Fund, located in Texas. The sponsor's EIN is 746183767 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund perform in 2023?
IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund grew at a solid clip - up 13.1% during 2023, moving from $128M to $145M in total assets. Net income was $17M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund's numbers.

  • By total assets, IBEW Local Union No. 479 Pension Trust Fund ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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  • Trustees of IBEW Local Union No 479 Pension Trust Fund's sponsor-wide assets have grown 26.8% since 2022 across 3 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 746183767.

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.