Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Federal Signal Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$91M
Total assets Below avg plan size
321
Participants Below avg headcount
91st
Percentile by assets National rank
$283,278
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Federal Signal Corporation · Illinois · Manufacturing

$91M in assets, 321 participants

Federal Signal Corporation's Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan reported $91M in total assets and 321 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st 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.

  • #16,073 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan covers 321 participants in Illinois, about 41% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $91M.

#16,073
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+4.3%
assets growth YoY
0.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$90,932,093 Top 9% higher than 91% 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

Federal Signal Corporation Retirement 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. Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (321 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$33M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 349 in the plan year 2022 filing to 321 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $87M in the plan year 2022 filing to $91M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 361063330 · Federal Signal Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan · $91M · 321 · 91st

  • BOY $91M
  • BOY 321
  • BOY 91st
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near Allison Transmission Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan
  • BOY ind #16073

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 →

Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$87M
Net Assets (End of Year)$91M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN361063330
Plan Effective Date1953-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Federal Signal Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Federal Signal Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$627M 23.735220456178947% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$450M$500M$550M$600M$650M 202220232024 $507M $627M ▲ +23.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 3,225 $507M
2023 2 3,704 $585M
2024 2 3,873 $627M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.090932093 · Participants: 321Federal Signal Corporation Retirement PlanCentral 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
Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Allison Transmission Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan in IN ($91M); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Employees of Intermountain Power Service Corporation in UT (321 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (321 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 Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 4.3% during 2023, from $87M to $91M. Reported net income was $4M.
How have Federal Signal Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Federal Signal Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 23.7%, from $507M to $627M.
Where does Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan ranks in the 91st 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 Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Allison Transmission Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan in IN ($91M, 245 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Plan for Employees of Intermountain Power Service Corporation in UT (321 participants, $315M 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 361063330.

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.