Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81

Data updated 2026-05-15

$112M
Total assets
524
Participants
92th
Percentile by assets
$213,434
Avg per participant

Sponsored by I.B.E.W. Local #81 Annuity Fund Joint Board of Trustees · Pennsylvania · Construction

What the 2023 filing shows

Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81 holds $112M for 524 participants - about $213,434 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, up 18.8% over the 2023 plan year.

$112M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
524
covered participants
92th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$213,434
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Construction

Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81

Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81 is a Profit Sharing retirement plan sponsored by I.B.E.W. Local #81 Annuity Fund Joint Board of Trustees, headquartered in Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $112M in total end-of-year assets and covers 524 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 236535432, and the plan has been effective since 1963-08-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew sharply from $94M at the beginning of 2023 to $112M at year-end - up 18.8%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $112M, with reported net income of $18M 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 I.B.E.W. Local #81 Annuity Fund Joint Board of Trustees has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2023), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $94M to $112M, a gain of 18.8%, while reported participants moved from 545 to 524 (-3.9%). Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $94M in assets across 1 plan covering 545 participants; 2023 - $112M in assets across 1 plan covering 524 participants.

By assets, Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81 outranks 92% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.1x 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 Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81 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)$94M
Total Assets (End of Year)$112M
Net Assets (End of Year)$112M
Net Income$18M
Plan TypeProfit Sharing
Employer EIN236535432
Plan Effective Date1963-08-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (I.B.E.W. Local #81 Annuity Fund Joint Board of Trustees)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 545 $94M
2023 1 524 $112M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81 holds $112M in total assets with 524 participants. It is sponsored by I.B.E.W. Local #81 Annuity Fund Joint Board of Trustees.
What type of plan is Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81?
Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81 is a Profit Sharing plan. It has been effective since 1963-08-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 236535432.
Who sponsors the Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81?
Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81 is sponsored by I.B.E.W. Local #81 Annuity Fund Joint Board of Trustees, located in Pennsylvania. The sponsor's EIN is 236535432 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81 perform in 2023?
Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81 grew sharply - up 18.8% during 2023, moving from $94M to $112M in total assets. Net income was $18M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81's numbers.

  • By total assets, Electricians Annuity Fund Local 81 ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Profit Sharing plans in Pennsylvania. Compare plans
  • I.B.E.W. Local #81 Annuity Fund Joint Board of Trustees's sponsor-wide assets have grown 18.8% since 2022 across 2 plan years on file. More Construction plans
  • A Profit Sharing 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 236535432.

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 2026-05-15.