Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
I.B.E.W. Local 81 Defined Benefit Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-05-15
- $20M
- Total assets
- 336
- Participants
- 73th
- Percentile by assets
- $59,742
- Avg per participant
Sponsored by I.B.E.W. Local 81 Defined Benefit Pension Plan Joint Board of Trustees · Pennsylvania · Construction
What the 2023 filing shows
I.B.E.W. Local 81 Defined Benefit Pension Plan holds $20M for 336 participants - about $59,742 per participant, above the median plan by assets, up 22.5% over the 2023 plan year.
- $20M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 336
- covered participants
- 73th
- percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
- $59,742
- avg assets per participant
Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
What the Filing Says About I.B.E.W. Local 81 Defined Benefit Pension Plan
I.B.E.W. Local 81 Defined Benefit Pension Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by I.B.E.W. Local 81 Defined Benefit Pension Plan Joint Board of Trustees, headquartered in Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $20M in total end-of-year assets and covers 336 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 260557668, and the plan has been effective since 2007-06-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.
Year over year, total assets grew sharply from $16M at the beginning of 2023 to $20M at year-end - up 22.5%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $20M, with reported net income of $4M 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 Defined Benefit Pension Plan Joint Board of Trustees has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2023), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $16M to $20M, a gain of 22.5%, while reported participants moved from 359 to 336 (-6.4%). Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $16M in assets across 1 plan covering 359 participants; 2023 - $20M in assets across 1 plan covering 336 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 I.B.E.W. Local 81 Defined Benefit Pension 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) | $16M |
|---|---|
| Total Assets (End of Year) | $20M |
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $20M |
| Net Income | $4M |
| Plan Type | Other |
| Employer EIN | 260557668 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2007-06-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (I.B.E.W. Local 81 Defined Benefit Pension Plan Joint Board of Trustees)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 359 | $16M |
| 2023 | 1 | 336 | $20M |
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What this filing means
Ways to act on I.B.E.W. Local 81 Defined Benefit Pension Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, I.B.E.W. Local 81 Defined Benefit Pension Plan ranks above the median plan by assets. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in Pennsylvania. Compare plans
- I.B.E.W. Local 81 Defined Benefit Pension Plan Joint Board of Trustees's sponsor-wide assets have grown 22.5% since 2022 across 2 plan years on file. More Construction plans
- An Other 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 260557668.
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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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.