Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Joint Board of Trustees, Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.4B
Total assets Very large vs avg
14,666
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$231,193
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund · Sponsored by Joint Board of Trustees, Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry · Maryland · Manufacturing

$3.4B in assets, 14,666 participants

Joint Board of Trustees, Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry's Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund reported $3.4B in total assets and 14,666 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #18,567 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Maryland

Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund covers 14,666 participants in Maryland, 16x the typical Maryland plan (state average ~929 per filing). Assets: $3.4B.

#18,567
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
-7.1%
assets change YoY
34×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $246M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund's outsized position by total assets

Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,390,674,111 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund is a mega filing (14,666 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund reported net income rose from -$1.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to -$246M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund end-of-year assets fell from $3.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund reported participants fell from 14,787 in the plan year 2022 filing to 14,666 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 526118572 · Joint Board of Trustees, Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund · $3.4B · 14,666 · 100th

  • PCT $3.4B
  • EIN 14,666
  • RANK 100th
  • PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near Georgia-Pacific LLC Hourly Pension Plan
  • EOY ind #18567

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 Maryland →

Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund in the asset neighbourhood

Msi Pension Plan$3.4BBakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension FundBakery & Confectionery Union…$3.4BGeorgia-Pacific LLC Hourly Pension PlanGeorgia-Pacific LLC Hourly P…$3.4BEmerson Electric Company Retirement PlanEmerson Electric Company Ret…$3.4BDuke Energy Legacy Pension PlanDuke Energy Legacy Pension P…$3.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Maryland filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.7B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.3B
Net Income-$246M
Employer EIN526118572
Plan Effective Date1955-09-11
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Joint Board of Trustees, Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Joint Board of Trustees, Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6.6B 79.49296115033366% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3B$4B$5B$6B$7B 202220232024 $3.68B $6.6B ▲ +79.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 14,801 $3.7B
2023 2 14,681 $3.4B
2024 2 14,969 $6.6B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Maryland

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

Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Maryland, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000400000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 3.390674111 · Participants: 14666Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension FundNational Electrical Benefit Fund, Total assets ($B): 18.88881693 · Participants: 323315National Electrical Benefit FundLockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 18.434547593 · Participants: 19673Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement ProgramMajor League Baseball Players Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.648661647 · Participants: 1087Major League Baseball Players Pension PlanNational Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 4.493297428 · Participants: 15047National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension FundInternational Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.223547088 · Participants: 44973International Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Plan
Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Maryland, assets vs. participants
Compare Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund

Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund reports $3.4B in end-of-year assets across 14,666 participants (0.028% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.016% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $231,193 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was -$246M.

This plan identity (EIN 526118572, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.7B to $6.6B (+80.2%) while covered participants moved from 14,787 to 14,954 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 14,787 $3.7B Open filing
2023 14,666 $3.4B This page
2024 · index core 14,954 $6.6B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Maryland, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Georgia-Pacific LLC Hourly Pension Plan in GA ($3.4B); by covered participants it is Children's Hospital Medical Center Retirement Plan in OH (14,679 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.4B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (14,666 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 Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund assets move in 2023? ▼
Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund pulled back noticeably - down 7.1% during 2023, from $3.7B to $3.4B. Reported net income was -$246M.
How have Joint Board of Trustees, Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Joint Board of Trustees, Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry's sponsor-wide assets grew 79.5%, from $3.7B to $6.6B.
Where does Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Georgia-Pacific LLC Hourly Pension Plan in GA ($3.4B, 7,873 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Children's Hospital Medical Center Retirement Plan in OH (14,679 participants, $1.3B 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 526118572.

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.