Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust

Data updated 2026-05-15

$7.8B
Total assets
30,358
Participants
100th
Percentile by assets
$256,521
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National · Missouri · Construction

What the 2023 filing shows

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust holds $7.8B for 30,358 participants - about $256,521 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, up 4.0% over the 2023 plan year.

$7.8B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
30,358
covered participants
100th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$256,521
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Construction

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National, headquartered in Missouri. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $7.8B in total end-of-year assets and covers 30,358 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 486168020, and the plan has been effective since 1960-06-20. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged up modestly from $7.5B at the beginning of 2023 to $7.8B at year-end - up 4.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $7.4B, with reported net income of $331M 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 Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $7.5B to $7.5B, a gain of 0.0%, while reported participants moved from 31,010 to 28,958 (-6.6%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $7.8B; the softest was 2022 at $7.5B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $7.5B in assets across 1 plan covering 31,010 participants; 2023 - $7.8B in assets across 1 plan covering 30,358 participants; 2024 - $7.5B in assets across 1 plan covering 28,958 participants.

By assets, Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust outranks nearly all the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 78x 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 Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust 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)$7.5B
Total Assets (End of Year)$7.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$7.4B
Net Income$331M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN486168020
Plan Effective Date1960-06-20
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 31,010 $7.5B
2023 1 30,358 $7.8B
2024 1 28,958 $7.5B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust holds $7.8B in total assets with 30,358 participants. It is sponsored by Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National.
What type of plan is Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust?
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1960-06-20. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 486168020.
Who sponsors the Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust?
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust is sponsored by Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National, located in Missouri. The sponsor's EIN is 486168020 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust perform in 2023?
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust edged up modestly - up 4.0% during 2023, moving from $7.5B to $7.8B in total assets. Net income was $331M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust's numbers.

  • By total assets, Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri. Compare plans
  • Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National's sponsor-wide assets have grown 0.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Construction plans
  • A Defined Benefit (Pension) 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 486168020.

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 2026-05-15.