Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Wheatland Tube, LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$81M
Total assets Below avg plan size
87
Participants Small participant base
90th
Percentile by assets National rank
$936,729
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company · Sponsored by Wheatland Tube, LLC · Illinois · Manufacturing

$81M in assets, 87 participants

Wheatland Tube, LLC's Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company reported $81M in total assets and 87 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th 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.

  • #15,879 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company sits by assets

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $81M for 87 participants (~$936,729/participant), down 4.6% in 2023.

#15,879
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
-4.6%
assets change YoY
0.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $4M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company's outsized position by total assets

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company vs every filed plan by assets

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

$81,495,435 Top 10% higher than 90% 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

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company is a small filing (87 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company reported net income rose from -$20M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company reported participants fell from 101 in the plan year 2022 filing to 87 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company end-of-year assets fell from $85M in the plan year 2022 filing to $81M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 231327437 · Wheatland Tube, LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company · $81M · 87 · 90th

  • SCH $81M
  • EBSA 87
  • PART 90th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • NET near Latrobe Steel Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees
  • BOOK ind #15879

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company in the asset neighbourhood

Outstate Michigan Trowel Trades Pension FundOutstate Michigan Trowel Tra…$82MIron Workers' Locals No. 15 & 424 Pension PlanIron Workers' Locals No. 15 …$82MEmployees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube CompanyEmployees Pension Plan for S…$81MLatrobe Steel Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit EmployeesLatrobe Steel Company Pensio…$82MYoung Brothers, Limited Pension PlanYoung Brothers, Limited Pens…$81M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$85M
Net Assets (End of Year)$81M
Net Income-$4M
Employer EIN231327437
Plan Effective Date1955-12-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wheatland Tube, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Wheatland Tube, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$600M 11.329729746791639% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$520M$540M$560M$580M$600M$620M 202220232024 $539M $600M ▲ +11.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 2,969 $539M
2023 4 2,907 $572M
2024 4 3,197 $600M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company, Total assets ($B): 0.081495435 · Participants: 87Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube CompanyCentral 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
Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company side-by-side with 3 peers →

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Latrobe Steel Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees in PA ($82M); by covered participants it is Irving Tissue Pension Plan in NY (87 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (87 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 Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company assets move in 2023? ▼
Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company edged down modestly - down 4.6% during 2023, from $85M to $81M. Reported net income was -$4M.
How have Wheatland Tube, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Wheatland Tube, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 11.3%, from $539M to $600M.
Where does Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company ranks in the 90th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Latrobe Steel Company Pension Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees in PA ($82M, 336 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Irving Tissue Pension Plan in NY (87 participants, $22M 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 231327437.

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.