Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.4B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,346
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$225,028
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund · Sponsored by Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund · California · Construction

$1.4B in assets, 6,346 participants

Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund reported $1.4B in total assets and 6,346 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #8,946 in Construction (9,030 peers)

Coverage in California

Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund covers 6,346 participants in California, 10x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $1.4B.

#8,946
in Construction (9,030 peers)
+12.7%
assets growth YoY
14×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's outsized position by total assets

Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,428,026,009 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund lands in the large band (6,346 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund reported net income rose from -$111M in the plan year 2022 filing to $160M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund end-of-year assets rose from $1.3B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund reported participants rose from 6,062 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,346 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 516108443 · Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund · $1.4B · 6,346 · 99th

  • NET $1.4B
  • BOOK 6,346
  • VS-ST 99th
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Boy Scouts of America Master Pension Trust-Boy Scouts of America Retirement Plan for Employees
  • EBSA ind #8946

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 California →

Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund in the asset neighbourhood

Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement FundSouthern California Pipe Tra…$1.4BBoy Scouts of America Master Pension Trust-Boy Scouts of America Retirement Plan for EmployeesBoy Scouts of America Master…$1.4BPension Plan B for Employees of Consumers Energy CompanyPension Plan B for Employees…$1.4BNorthside Hospital, Inc. Pension PlanNorthside Hospital, Inc. Pen…$1.4BSentry Employee Retirement PlanSentry Employee Retirement P…$1.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.4B
Net Income$160M
Employer EIN516108443
Plan Effective Date1958-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.6B 24.39042123815809% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.2B$1.3B$1.4B$1.5B$1.6B$1.7B 202220232024 $1.27B $1.58B ▲ +24.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 6,062 $1.3B
2023 1 6,346 $1.4B
2024 1 6,611 $1.6B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California

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

Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund, Total assets ($B): 1.428026009 · Participants: 6346Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement FundKaiser Permanente Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 33.538817099 · Participants: 127356Kaiser Permanente Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.40954351 · Participants: 22914Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.980531142 · Participants: 25647Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 10.814691143 · Participants: 19545Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc.Disney Salaried Pension Plan D, Total assets ($B): 10.057095066 · Participants: 10813Disney Salaried Pension Plan D
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund

Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund reports $1.4B in end-of-year assets across 6,346 participants (0.012% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $225,028 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $160M.

This plan identity (EIN 516108443, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.3B to $1.6B (+24.4%) while covered participants moved from 6,062 to 6,611 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,062 $1.3B Open filing
2023 6,346 $1.4B This page
2024 · index core 6,611 $1.6B Open filing

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

Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Boy Scouts of America Master Pension Trust-Boy Scouts of America Retirement Plan for Employees in TX ($1.4B); by covered participants it is Henry Ford Health System Allegiance Combined Pension Plan in MI (6,352 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,346 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 Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund assets move in 2023? ▼
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund grew at a solid clip - up 12.7% during 2023, from $1.3B to $1.4B. Reported net income was $160M.
How have Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's sponsor-wide assets grew 24.4%, from $1.3B to $1.6B.
Where does Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund ranks in the 99th 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 Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Boy Scouts of America Master Pension Trust-Boy Scouts of America Retirement Plan for Employees in TX ($1.4B, 2,204 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Henry Ford Health System Allegiance Combined Pension Plan in MI (6,352 participants, $329M 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 516108443.

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.