Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust

Data updated 2026-07-24

$3.3B
Total assets
10,048
Participants
100th
Percentile by assets
$329,272
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Board of Trustees, California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust Fun · California · Construction

Board of Trustees, California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust Fun's California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust reported $3.3B in total assets and 10,048 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.

What the 2023 filing shows

California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust holds $3.3B for 10,048 participants - about $329,272 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, up 10.0% over the 2023 plan year.

$3.3B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
10,048
covered participants
100th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$329,272
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Construction

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust

California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Board of Trustees, California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust Fun, headquartered in California. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $3.3B in total end-of-year assets and covers 10,048 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 956042866, and the plan has been effective since 1958-08-07. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $3.0B at the beginning of 2023 to $3.3B at year-end - up 10.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $3.3B, with reported net income of $298M 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 1 prior plan-year filing from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 2 plan years Board of Trustees, California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust Fun has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2023), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $3.0B to $3.3B, a gain of 10.0%, while reported participants moved from 9,581 to 10,048 (+4.9%). Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $3.0B in assets across 1 plan covering 9,581 participants; 2023 - $3.3B in assets across 1 plan covering 10,048 participants.

By assets, California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust outranks nearly all the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 33x 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 California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust 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)$3.0B
Total Assets (End of Year)$3.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.3B
Net Income$298M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN956042866
Plan Effective Date1958-08-07
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees, California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust Fun)

$2.9B$3B$3.1B$3.2B$3.3B$3.4B 20222023 $3.01B $3.31B ▲ +10.0%
Total plan assets by year, all Board of Trustees, California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust Fun 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 9,581 $3.0B
2023 1 10,048 $3.3B

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California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants

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California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants

Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust holds $3.3B in total assets with 10,048 participants. It is sponsored by Board of Trustees, California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust Fun.
What type of plan is California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust?
California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1958-08-07. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 956042866.
Who sponsors the California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust?
California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust is sponsored by Board of Trustees, California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust Fun, located in California. The sponsor's EIN is 956042866 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust perform in 2023?
California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust grew at a solid clip - up 10.0% during 2023, moving from $3.0B to $3.3B in total assets. Net income was $298M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust's numbers.

  • By total assets, California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in California. Compare plans
  • Board of Trustees, California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust Fun's sponsor-wide assets have grown 10.0% since 2022 across 2 plan years on file. More Construction plans
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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 956042866.

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.