Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4M
Total assets Small plan by assets
5
Participants Small participant base
41st
Percentile by assets National rank
$840,515
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan · Sponsored by Vocational Guidance Services · Ohio · Educational Services

$4M in assets, 5 participants

Vocational Guidance Services's Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan reported $4M in total assets and 5 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 41st 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.

  • #1,020 in Educational Services (3,735 peers)

Vocational Guidance Services multi-year trail

Vocational Guidance Services's plans moved -11.5% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan at $4M / 5 participants.

#1,020
in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
+7.0%
assets growth YoY

Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Educational Services and all filers

Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$4,202,577 41st percentile higher than 41% 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

Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan among micro filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan is a micro filing (5 participants), the leftmost band.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $287K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 340714650 · Vocational Guidance Services PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan · $4M · 5 · 41st

  • 5500 $4M
  • 5500 5
  • 5500 41st
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • 5500 near Emcard Services, LLC Defined Benefit Pension Plan
  • 5500 ind #1020

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 Educational Services retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →

Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Vocational Guidance Services multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Vocational Guidance Services plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6M 11.503939162361473% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5.5M$6M$6.5M$7M 202220232024 $6.64M $5.87M ▼ -11.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 887 $7M
2023 2 483 $6M
2024 2 298 $6M

Vocational Guidance Services filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4M
Net Assets (End of Year)$4M
Net Income$287K
Employer EIN340714650
Plan Effective Date1979-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio

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

Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000500010000150002000025000 -202468 Total assets ($B) Participants Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.004202577 · Participants: 5Vocational Guidance Services Pension PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.144086795 · Participants: 12304Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanNationwide Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.281060445 · Participants: 22311Nationwide Retirement PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.475896468 · Participants: 15595American Electric Power System Retirement PlanParker Defined Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.656915014 · Participants: 191Parker Defined Benefit PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.592540979 · Participants: 10029Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan
Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Emcard Services, LLC Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA ($4M); by covered participants it is Suncoast Industries, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan and Trust in FL (5 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5 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 Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 7.0% during 2023, from $4M to $4M. Reported net income was $287K.
How have Vocational Guidance Services plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Vocational Guidance Services's sponsor-wide assets declined 11.5%, from $7M to $6M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Emcard Services, LLC Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA ($4M, 2 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Vocational Guidance Services Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Suncoast Industries, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan and Trust in FL (5 participants, $1M 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 340714650.

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.