Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

IBEW Local No. 223 Union Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$59M
Total assets
300
Participants
87th
Percentile by assets
$195,906
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: IBEW Local No. 223 Pension · Sponsored by IBEW Local No. 223 Union · Connecticut · Construction

$59M in assets, 300 participants

IBEW Local No. 223 Union's IBEW Local No. 223 Pension reported $59M in total assets and 300 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 87th 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.

  • 87th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

IBEW Local No. 223 Pension holds $59M for 300 participants - about $195,906 per participant, in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, up 14.1% over the 2023 plan year.

$59M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
300
covered participants
87th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$195,906
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Construction

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About IBEW Local No. 223 Pension

IBEW Local No. 223 Pension is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by IBEW Local No. 223 Union, headquartered in Connecticut. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $59M in total end-of-year assets and covers 300 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 042780301, and the plan has been effective since 1963-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $52M at the beginning of 2023 to $59M at year-end - up 14.1%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $59M, with reported net income of $7M 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 No. 223 Union has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $52M to $69M, a gain of 34.8%, while reported participants moved from 296 to 317 (+7.1%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $69M; the softest was 2022 at $52M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $52M in assets across 1 plan covering 296 participants; 2023 - $59M in assets across 1 plan covering 300 participants; 2024 - $69M in assets across 1 plan covering 317 participants.

By assets, IBEW Local No. 223 Pension outranks 87% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 0.6x 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 No. 223 Pension 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)$52M
Total Assets (End of Year)$59M
Net Assets (End of Year)$59M
Net Income$7M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN042780301
Plan Effective Date1963-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (IBEW Local No. 223 Union)

$40M$50M$60M$70M$80M 202220232024 $51.5M $69.4M ▲ +34.8%
Total plan assets by year, all IBEW Local No. 223 Union 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 296 $52M
2023 1 300 $59M
2024 1 317 $69M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the IBEW Local No. 223 Pension?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, IBEW Local No. 223 Pension holds $59M in total assets with 300 participants. It is sponsored by IBEW Local No. 223 Union.
What type of plan is IBEW Local No. 223 Pension?
IBEW Local No. 223 Pension is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1963-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 042780301.
Who sponsors the IBEW Local No. 223 Pension?
IBEW Local No. 223 Pension is sponsored by IBEW Local No. 223 Union, located in Connecticut. The sponsor's EIN is 042780301 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did IBEW Local No. 223 Pension perform in 2023?
IBEW Local No. 223 Pension grew at a solid clip - up 14.1% during 2023, moving from $52M to $59M in total assets. Net income was $7M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on IBEW Local No. 223 Pension's numbers.

  • By total assets, IBEW Local No. 223 Pension ranks in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut. Compare plans
  • IBEW Local No. 223 Union's sponsor-wide assets have grown 34.8% 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 042780301.

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.