Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Trustees of IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $235M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 498
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 95th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $471,011
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund · Sponsored by Trustees of IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund · Illinois · Construction
$235M in assets, 498 participants
Trustees of IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund's IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund reported $235M in total assets and 498 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.
- #8,529 in Construction (9,030 peers)
Where IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund sits by assets
IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $235M for 498 participants (~$471,011/participant), up 13.4% in 2023.
- #8,529
- in Construction (9,030 peers)
- +13.4%
- assets growth YoY
- 2.4×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund's outsized position by total assets
IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$234,563,302 Top 5% higher than 95% 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
IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund 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. IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund sits mid-pack in the medium band (498 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund reported net income rose from -$39M in the plan year 2022 filing to $28M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund end-of-year assets rose from $207M in the plan year 2022 filing to $235M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund reported participants fell from 511 in the plan year 2022 filing to 498 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 366474808 · Trustees of IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund · $235M · 498 · 95th
- EIN $235M
- RANK 498
- PHOTO 95th
- IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EOY near Ufcw Union & Partcipating Food Industry Employers Tri-State Pension Fund
- 5500 ind #8529
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 →
IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $207M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $234M |
| Net Income | $28M |
| Employer EIN | 366474808 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1971-06-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Trustees of IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Trustees of IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $253M 22.264432236767675% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 511 | $207M |
| 2023 | 1 | 498 | $235M |
| 2024 | 1 | 470 | $253M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan $49.7B · 48,538
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees $35.2B · 45,001
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund $8.0B · 20,680
- John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees $8.0B · 16,346
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $7.8B · 17,382
IBEW Local No. 117 Pension Fund's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Ufcw Union & Partcipating Food Industry Employers Tri-State Pension Fund in PA ($235M); by covered participants it is Clopay Ames Pension Plan in FL (498 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($235M here).
- Ufcw Union & Partcipating Food Industry Employers Tri-State Pension Fund (PA) $235M · 5,055
- Contributory Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY) $235M · 71
- The Teknor Apex Company Retirement Plan (RI) $235M · 843
- Retirement Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees of the Metal Trades Council of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (TN) $235M · 581
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (498 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Clopay Ames Pension Plan (FL) 498 · 0 off
- Arizona Sheet Metal Pension Trust Fund (AZ) 498 · 0 off
- Pension Plan for Local Union 527 of Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons (MO) 498 · 0 off
- Desert Financial Credit Union Retirement Plan (AZ) 497 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.