Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund Board of Trustees Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$277M
Total assets
610
Participants
96th
Percentile by assets
$454,649
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund · Sponsored by IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund Board of Trustees · New York · Construction

$277M in assets, 610 participants

IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund Board of Trustees's IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund reported $277M in total assets and 610 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • 96th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund holds $277M for 610 participants - about $454,649 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 8.6% over the 2023 plan year.

$277M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
610
covered participants
96th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$454,649
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Construction

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund

IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund Board of Trustees, headquartered in New York. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $277M in total end-of-year assets and covers 610 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 166085820, and the plan has been effective since 1966-10-26. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $255M at the beginning of 2023 to $277M at year-end - up 8.6%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $277M, with reported net income of $22M 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 IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund Board of Trustees has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $255M to $285M, a gain of 11.7%, while reported participants moved from 662 to 693 (+4.7%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $285M; the softest was 2022 at $255M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $255M in assets across 1 plan covering 662 participants; 2023 - $277M in assets across 1 plan covering 610 participants; 2024 - $285M in assets across 1 plan covering 693 participants.

By assets, IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund outranks 96% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 2.8x 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 IBEW Local No. 86 Pension 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)$255M
Total Assets (End of Year)$277M
Net Assets (End of Year)$277M
Net Income$22M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN166085820
Plan Effective Date1966-10-26
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund Board of Trustees)

$250M$260M$270M$280M$290M 202220232024 $255M $285M ▲ +11.7%
Total plan assets by year, all IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund Board of Trustees 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 662 $255M
2023 1 610 $277M
2024 1 693 $285M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund holds $277M in total assets with 610 participants. It is sponsored by IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund Board of Trustees.
What type of plan is IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund?
IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1966-10-26. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 166085820.
Who sponsors the IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund?
IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund is sponsored by IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund Board of Trustees, located in New York. The sponsor's EIN is 166085820 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund perform in 2023?
IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund grew at a solid clip - up 8.6% during 2023, moving from $255M to $277M in total assets. Net income was $22M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on IBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fund's numbers.

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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 166085820.

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.