Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$379M
Total assets
2,004
Participants
97th
Percentile by assets
$188,955
Avg per participant

Sponsored by IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan · Tennessee · Construction

What the 2023 filing shows

IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan holds $379M for 2,004 participants - about $188,955 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 14.4% over the 2023 plan year.

$379M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
2,004
covered participants
97th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$188,955
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Construction

Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan

IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan is a Money Purchase retirement plan sponsored by IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan, headquartered in Tennessee. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $379M in total end-of-year assets and covers 2,004 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 351488049, and the plan has been effective since 1979-06-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $331M at the beginning of 2023 to $379M at year-end - up 14.4%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $379M, with reported net income of $48M 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 IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $331M to $434M, a gain of 31.2%, while reported participants moved from 1,999 to 2,070 (+3.6%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $434M; the softest was 2022 at $331M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $331M in assets across 1 plan covering 1,999 participants; 2023 - $379M in assets across 1 plan covering 2,004 participants; 2024 - $434M in assets across 1 plan covering 2,070 participants.

By assets, IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan outranks 97% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 3.8x 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 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan 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)$331M
Total Assets (End of Year)$379M
Net Assets (End of Year)$379M
Net Income$48M
Plan TypeMoney Purchase
Employer EIN351488049
Plan Effective Date1979-06-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 1,999 $331M
2023 1 2,004 $379M
2024 1 2,070 $434M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan holds $379M in total assets with 2,004 participants. It is sponsored by IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan.
What type of plan is IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan?
IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan is a Money Purchase plan. It has been effective since 1979-06-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 351488049.
Who sponsors the IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan?
IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan is sponsored by IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan, located in Tennessee. The sponsor's EIN is 351488049 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan perform in 2023?
IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.4% during 2023, moving from $331M to $379M in total assets. Net income was $48M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Money Purchase plans in Tennessee. Compare plans
  • IBEW Local 16, AFL-CIO & Multi- Employer Pension Plan's sponsor-wide assets have grown 31.2% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Construction plans
  • A Money Purchase plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

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 351488049.

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 2026-05-15.