Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$76M
Total assets Below avg plan size
388
Participants Below avg headcount
89th
Percentile by assets National rank
$195,487
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan · Sponsored by Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension · Minnesota · Construction

$76M in assets, 388 participants

Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension's Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan reported $76M in total assets and 388 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.

  • #7,881 in Construction (9,030 peers)

Coverage in Minnesota

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan covers 388 participants in Minnesota, about 34% of the average Minnesota filer (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $76M.

#7,881
in Construction (9,030 peers)
+8.9%
assets growth YoY
0.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$75,849,050 Top 11% higher than 89% 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

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (388 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan reported net income rose from $2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $6M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $70M in the plan year 2022 filing to $76M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan reported participants rose from 364 in the plan year 2022 filing to 388 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 410882304 · Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan · $76M · 388 · 89th

  • NET $76M
  • BOOK 388
  • VS-ST 89th
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Retirement Plan for Hourly Paid Employees of Gaf Materials LLC
  • EBSA ind #7881

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 Minnesota →

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Retirement Plan for Hourly Paid Employees of Gaf Materials LLCRetirement Plan for Hourly P…$76MWestern Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension PlanWestern Lake Superior Piping…$76MLaborers Local 754 Pension PlanLaborers Local 754 Pension P…$76MScor U.S. Group Pension Plan$76MSouthern California Gunite Workers Pension FundSouthern California Gunite W…$76M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Minnesota filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$70M
Net Assets (End of Year)$76M
Net Income$6M
Employer EIN410882304
Plan Effective Date1976-05-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$83M 19.23621545849726% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$65M$70M$75M$80M$85M 202220232024 $69.7M $83.1M ▲ +19.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 364 $70M
2023 1 388 $76M
2024 1 394 $83M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Minnesota

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

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.07584905 · Participants: 388Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan3M Employee Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.281991028 · Participants: 106383M Employee Retirement Income PlanMayo Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.032936702 · Participants: 69155Mayo Pension PlanThe Travelers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.150985971 · Participants: 24884The Travelers Pension PlanGeneral Mills Pension Plan I, Total assets ($B): 3.991064596 · Participants: 383General Mills Pension Plan IU.S. Bank Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.969502742 · Participants: 56287U.S. Bank Pension Plan
Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan for Hourly Paid Employees of Gaf Materials LLC in NJ ($76M); by covered participants it is Abbott Puerto Rico Retirement Plan in IL (388 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (388 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 Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 8.9% during 2023, from $70M to $76M. Reported net income was $6M.
How have Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees - Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension's sponsor-wide assets grew 19.2%, from $70M to $83M.
Where does Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan ranks in the 89th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Plan for Hourly Paid Employees of Gaf Materials LLC in NJ ($76M, 824 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Western Lake Superior Piping Industry Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Abbott Puerto Rico Retirement Plan in IL (388 participants, $94M 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 410882304.

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.