Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Trustees of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund Money Purchase Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$85M
Total assets
1,082
Participants
90th
Percentile by assets
$78,753
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund · Sponsored by Trustees of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund · New York · Construction

$85M in assets, 1,082 participants

Trustees of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund's Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund reported $85M in total assets and 1,082 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.

  • 90th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund holds $85M for 1,082 participants - about $78,753 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, up 13.0% over the 2023 plan year.

$85M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
1,082
covered participants
90th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$78,753
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Construction

Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund

Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund is a Money Purchase retirement plan sponsored by Trustees of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund, headquartered in New York. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $85M in total end-of-year assets and covers 1,082 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 161103194, and the plan has been effective since 1977-07-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $75M at the beginning of 2023 to $85M at year-end - up 13.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $85M, with reported net income of $10M 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 Trustees of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $75M to $93M, a gain of 23.7%, while reported participants moved from 719 to 1,100 (+53.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $93M; the softest was 2022 at $75M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $75M in assets across 1 plan covering 719 participants; 2023 - $85M in assets across 1 plan covering 1,082 participants; 2024 - $93M in assets across 1 plan covering 1,100 participants.

By assets, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund outranks 90% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 0.9x 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 Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund 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)$75M
Total Assets (End of Year)$85M
Net Assets (End of Year)$85M
Net Income$10M
Plan TypeMoney Purchase
Employer EIN161103194
Plan Effective Date1977-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Trustees of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund)

$70M$80M$90M$100M 202220232024 $75.4M $93.2M ▲ +23.7%
Total plan assets by year, all Trustees of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 719 $75M
2023 1 1,082 $85M
2024 1 1,100 $93M

Nearby Money Purchase Plans in New York

Peer Money Purchase plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund vs. nearby Money Purchase plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund vs. nearby Money Purchase plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -20246 Total assets ($B) Participants Plumbers & Steamfitt…Tiaa Retirement PlanYoung Men's Christia…McKinsey & Company, …Brookhaven Science A…Iron Workers Locals …
Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund vs. nearby Money Purchase plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Similar-Sized Money Purchase Plans Nationally

Money Purchase plans in other states closest to Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund by total assets, not by location.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund holds $85M in total assets with 1,082 participants. It is sponsored by Trustees of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund.
What type of plan is Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund?
Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund is a Money Purchase plan. It has been effective since 1977-07-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 161103194.
Who sponsors the Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund?
Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund is sponsored by Trustees of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund, located in New York. The sponsor's EIN is 161103194 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund perform in 2023?
Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund grew at a solid clip - up 13.0% during 2023, moving from $75M to $85M in total assets. Net income was $10M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund's numbers.

  • By total assets, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Money Purchase plans in New York. Compare plans
  • Trustees of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 81 Annuity Fund's sponsor-wide assets have grown 23.7% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Construction plans
  • A Money Purchase plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

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 161103194.

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.