Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$70M
Total assets
322
Participants
89th
Percentile by assets
$218,454
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 · Alabama · Construction

Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52's Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan reported $70M in total assets and 322 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.

What the 2023 filing shows

Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan holds $70M for 322 participants - about $218,454 per participant, in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, up 17.2% over the 2023 plan year.

$70M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
322
covered participants
89th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$218,454
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Construction

Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan

Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan is a Money Purchase retirement plan sponsored by Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52, headquartered in Alabama. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $70M in total end-of-year assets and covers 322 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 630234457, and the plan has been effective since 1987-02-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew sharply from $60M at the beginning of 2023 to $70M at year-end - up 17.2%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $70M, with reported net income of $10M 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 Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $60M to $81M, a gain of 34.2%, while reported participants moved from 318 to 309 (-2.8%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $81M; the softest was 2022 at $60M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $60M in assets across 1 plan covering 318 participants; 2023 - $70M in assets across 1 plan covering 322 participants; 2024 - $81M in assets across 1 plan covering 309 participants.

By assets, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan outranks 89% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 0.7x 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 Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan 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)$60M
Total Assets (End of Year)$70M
Net Assets (End of Year)$70M
Net Income$10M
Plan TypeMoney Purchase
Employer EIN630234457
Plan Effective Date1987-02-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52)

$50M$60M$70M$80M$90M 202220232024 $60M $80.5M ▲ +34.2%
Total plan assets by year, all Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 318 $60M
2023 1 322 $70M
2024 1 309 $81M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan holds $70M in total assets with 322 participants. It is sponsored by Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52.
What type of plan is Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan?
Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan is a Money Purchase plan. It has been effective since 1987-02-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 630234457.
Who sponsors the Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan?
Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan is sponsored by Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52, located in Alabama. The sponsor's EIN is 630234457 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan perform in 2023?
Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan grew sharply - up 17.2% during 2023, moving from $60M to $70M in total assets. Net income was $10M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52 Defined Con Plan ranks in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Money Purchase plans in Alabama. Compare plans
  • Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 52's sponsor-wide assets have grown 34.2% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Construction plans
  • A Money Purchase 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 630234457.

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.