Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Board of Trustees of Central Laborers' Pension Fund Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
5,018
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$252,987
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Central Laborers' Pension Fund · Sponsored by Board of Trustees of Central Laborers' Pension Fund · Illinois · Construction

$1.3B in assets, 5,018 participants

Board of Trustees of Central Laborers' Pension Fund's Central Laborers' Pension Fund reported $1.3B in total assets and 5,018 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #8,935 in Construction (9,030 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Central Laborers' Pension Fund covers 5,018 participants in Illinois, 6.4x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.

#8,935
in Construction (9,030 peers)
+8.6%
assets growth YoY
13×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Central Laborers' Pension Fund's outsized position by total assets

Central Laborers' Pension Fund vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,269,488,929 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Central Laborers' Pension Fund's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Central Laborers' Pension Fund lands in the large band (5,018 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Central Laborers' Pension Fund reported net income rose from -$143M in the plan year 2022 filing to $102M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Central Laborers' Pension Fund end-of-year assets rose from $1.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Central Laborers' Pension Fund reported participants rose from 5,000 in the plan year 2022 filing to 5,018 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 376052379 · Board of Trustees of Central Laborers' Pension Fund PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Central Laborers' Pension Fund · $1.3B · 5,018 · 99th

  • BOOK $1.3B
  • VS-ST 5,018
  • BOY 99th
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Retirement Plan for Hospital Employees
  • PART ind #8935

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 Illinois →

Central Laborers' Pension Fund in the asset neighbourhood

Ryder System, Inc. Retirement PlanRyder System, Inc. Retiremen…$1.3BCentral Laborers' Pension FundCentral Laborers' Pension Fu…$1.3BRetirement Plan for Hospital EmployeesRetirement Plan for Hospital…$1.3BSprint Retirement Pension PlanSprint Retirement Pension Pl…$1.3BConstellation Employee Pension PlanConstellation Employee Pensi…$1.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Central Laborers' Pension Fund and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income$102M
Employer EIN376052379
Plan Effective Date1965-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees of Central Laborers' Pension Fund)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees of Central Laborers' Pension Fund plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.7B 21.960626196049756% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.3B$1.4B$1.5B$1.6B$1.7B$1.8B 202220232024 $1.43B $1.75B ▲ +22.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 14,337 $1.4B
2023 2 15,116 $1.6B
2024 2 16,022 $1.7B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Central Laborers' Pension Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000400005000060000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Central Laborers' Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 1.269488929 · Participants: 5018Central Laborers' Pension FundCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 49.680270595 · Participants: 48538Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 35.242945747 · Participants: 45001State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.965094339 · Participants: 20680United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension FundJohn Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.960744597 · Participants: 16346John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.819798504 · Participants: 17382Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
Central Laborers' Pension Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Central Laborers' Pension Fund side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Central Laborers' Pension Fund

Central Laborers' Pension Fund reports $1.3B in end-of-year assets across 5,018 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.005% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $252,987 per participant (1.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $102M.

This plan identity (EIN 376052379, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.2B to $1.4B (+19.2%) while covered participants moved from 5,000 to 5,059 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 5,000 $1.2B Open filing
2023 5,018 $1.3B This page
2024 · index core 5,059 $1.4B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Central Laborers' Pension Fund's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan for Hospital Employees in CA ($1.3B); by covered participants it is Albert Einstein Medical Center Employees Retirement Plan in PA (5,019 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,018 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 Central Laborers' Pension Fund assets move in 2023? ▼
Central Laborers' Pension Fund grew at a solid clip - up 8.6% during 2023, from $1.2B to $1.3B. Reported net income was $102M.
How have Board of Trustees of Central Laborers' Pension Fund plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees of Central Laborers' Pension Fund's sponsor-wide assets grew 22.0%, from $1.4B to $1.7B.
Where does Central Laborers' Pension Fund rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Central Laborers' Pension Fund ranks in the 99th 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 Central Laborers' Pension Fund? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Plan for Hospital Employees in CA ($1.3B, 2,734 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Central Laborers' Pension Fund? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Albert Einstein Medical Center Employees Retirement Plan in PA (5,019 participants, N/A 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 376052379.

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.