Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.4B
Total assets Very large vs avg
7,000
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$346,561
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 · Sponsored by Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan · Illinois · Construction

$2.4B in assets, 7,000 participants

Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan's Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 reported $2.4B in total assets and 7,000 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #8,990 in Construction (9,030 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 covers 7,000 participants in Illinois, 9.0x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $2.4B.

#8,990
in Construction (9,030 peers)
+8.2%
assets growth YoY
24×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2's outsized position by total assets

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,425,925,939 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 lands in the large band (7,000 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 reported net income rose from $131M in the plan year 2022 filing to $184M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 end-of-year assets rose from $2.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 reported participants rose from 6,769 in the plan year 2022 filing to 7,000 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 516030753 · Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 · $2.4B · 7,000 · 99th

  • ASSETS $2.4B
  • PCT 7,000
  • EIN 99th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PHOTO near Bayer Corporation Pension Plan
  • IND ind #8990

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 Illinois →

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 in the asset neighbourhood

Pension Plan of Public Service Enterprise Group IncorporatedPension Plan of Public Servi…$2.4BElectrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2Electrical Contractors Assoc…$2.4BBayer Corporation Pension PlanBayer Corporation Pension Pl…$2.4BTeamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia & VicinityTeamsters Pension Trust Fund…$2.4BSaint-Gobain Retirement Income PlanSaint-Gobain Retirement Inco…$2.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.4B
Net Income$184M
Employer EIN516030753
Plan Effective Date1949-10-07
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6.2B 20.884012191611486% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4.5B$5B$5.5B$6B$6.5B 202220232024 $5.1B $6.16B ▲ +20.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 28,754 $5.1B
2023 2 30,108 $5.7B
2024 2 31,363 $6.2B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000400005000060000 0204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2, Total assets ($B): 2.425925939 · Participants: 7000Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 49.680270595 · Participants: 48538Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 35.242945747 · Participants: 45001State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.965094339 · Participants: 20680United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension FundJohn Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.960744597 · Participants: 16346John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.819798504 · Participants: 17382Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 reports $2.4B in end-of-year assets across 7,000 participants (0.020% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $346,561 per participant (2.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $184M.

This plan identity (EIN 516030753, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.2B to $2.7B (+20.1%) while covered participants moved from 6,769 to 7,085 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,769 $2.2B Open filing
2023 7,000 $2.4B This page
2024 · index core 7,085 $2.7B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Bayer Corporation Pension Plan in MO ($2.4B); by covered participants it is Local 272 Labor Management Pension Fund in NY (7,002 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.4B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,000 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 Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 assets move in 2023? ▼
Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 grew at a solid clip - up 8.2% during 2023, from $2.2B to $2.4B. Reported net income was $184M.
How have Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.9%, from $5.1B to $6.2B.
Where does Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Bayer Corporation Pension Plan in MO ($2.4B, 1,429 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Local 272 Labor Management Pension Fund in NY (7,002 participants, $499M 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 516030753.

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.