Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $165M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 665
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 94th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $247,469
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan · Sponsored by Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension · Michigan · Construction
$165M in assets, 665 participants
Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension's Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan reported $165M in total assets and 665 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.
- #8,359 in Construction (9,030 peers)
Where Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan sits by assets
Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $165M for 665 participants (~$247,469/participant), up 9.6% in 2023.
- #8,359
- in Construction (9,030 peers)
- +9.6%
- assets growth YoY
- 1.7×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$164,566,671 Top 6% higher than 94% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (665 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$21M in the plan year 2022 filing to $15M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $150M in the plan year 2022 filing to $165M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan reported participants fell from 726 in the plan year 2022 filing to 665 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 381752138 · Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan · $165M · 665 · 94th
- EBSA $165M
- PART 665
- TYPE 94th
- NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
- BOOK near District 1199seiu - the Johns Hopkins Hospital Pension Plan
- VS-ST ind #8359
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 Construction retirement plans → · Plans in Michigan →
Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $150M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $165M |
| Net Income | $15M |
| Employer EIN | 381752138 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1964-06-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $177M 17.78913945638986% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 726 | $150M |
| 2023 | 1 | 665 | $165M |
| 2024 | 1 | 748 | $177M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan $44.8B · 17,959
- Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan $19.3B · 26,442
- Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan $12.7B · 10,215
- Dow Employees' Pension Plan $11.5B · 14,051
- Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement $11.2B · 13,635
Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is District 1199seiu - the Johns Hopkins Hospital Pension Plan in MD ($165M); by covered participants it is IBEW Local 712 Pension Trust Fund in PA (665 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($165M here).
- District 1199seiu - the Johns Hopkins Hospital Pension Plan (MD) $165M · 1,426
- Macdermid, Incorporated Employees' Pension Plan (CT) $165M · 305
- Spx US Pension Plan (NC) $165M · 243
- The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan (NJ) $164M · 654
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (665 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.