Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7.8B
Total assets Very large vs avg
30,358
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$256,521
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust · Sponsored by Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National · Missouri · Construction

$7.8B in assets, 30,358 participants

Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National's Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust reported $7.8B in total assets and 30,358 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #9,026 in Construction (9,030 peers)

Coverage in Missouri

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust covers 30,358 participants in Missouri, 41x the typical Missouri plan (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $7.8B.

#9,026
in Construction (9,030 peers)
+4.0%
assets growth YoY
78×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust's outsized position by total assets

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$7,787,453,474 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust is a mega filing (30,358 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust reported net income rose from -$1.4B in the plan year 2022 filing to $331M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust end-of-year assets rose from $7.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $7.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust reported participants fell from 31,010 in the plan year 2022 filing to 30,358 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 486168020 · Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust · $7.8B · 30,358 · 100th

  • TYPE $7.8B
  • TYPE 30,358
  • TYPE 100th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • TYPE near Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
  • TYPE ind #9026

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 Missouri →

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust in the asset neighbourhood

Metlife Retirement Plan$7.9BAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement PlanAbbott Laboratories Annuity …$7.8BBoilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension TrustBoilermaker-Blacksmith Natio…$7.8BL3harris Technologies Consolidated Pension PlanL3harris Technologies Consol…$7.7BDeseret Mutual Master Retirement PlanDeseret Mutual Master Retire…$7.7B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Missouri filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$7.4B
Net Income$331M
Employer EIN486168020
Plan Effective Date1960-06-20
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

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

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7.5B 0.038551710732910215% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$7.4B$7.5B$7.6B$7.7B$7.8B$7.9B 202220232024 $7.49B $7.49B ▲ +0.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 31,010 $7.5B
2023 1 30,358 $7.8B
2024 1 28,958 $7.5B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Missouri

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

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 010000200003000040000 246810 Total assets ($B) Participants Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 7.787453474 · Participants: 30358Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension TrustAmeren Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.709766277 · Participants: 10156Ameren Retirement PlanCo-Op Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.457605028 · Participants: 14993Co-Op Retirement PlanEmerson Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.376279254 · Participants: 2671Emerson Electric Company Retirement PlanCarpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis, Total assets ($B): 3.265514848 · Participants: 11420Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. LouisBjc Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.838204241 · Participants: 19553Bjc Pension Plan
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants
Compare Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust reports $7.8B in end-of-year assets across 30,358 participants (0.063% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.032% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $256,521 per participant (1.9x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $331M.

This plan identity (EIN 486168020, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $7.5B to $7.5B (+0.0%) while covered participants moved from 31,010 to 28,958 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 31,010 $7.5B Open filing
2023 30,358 $7.8B This page
2024 · index core 28,958 $7.5B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Missouri, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan in IL ($7.8B); by covered participants it is Usaa Pension Plan in TX (31,427 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7.8B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (30,358 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 Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust assets move in 2023? ▼
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust edged up modestly - up 4.0% during 2023, from $7.5B to $7.8B. Reported net income was $331M.
How have Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National's sponsor-wide assets grew 0.0%, from $7.5B to $7.5B.
Where does Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan in IL ($7.8B, 17,382 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Usaa Pension Plan in TX (31,427 participants, $4.7B 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 486168020.

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.