Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Fund Money Purchase Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$287M
Total assets
2,179
Participants
96th
Percentile by assets
$131,925
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan · Sponsored by Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Fund · New Jersey · Construction

$287M in assets, 2,179 participants

Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Fund's Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan reported $287M in total assets and 2,179 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • 96th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan holds $287M for 2,179 participants - about $131,925 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 11.7% over the 2023 plan year.

$287M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
2,179
covered participants
96th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$131,925
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Construction

Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan

Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan is a Money Purchase retirement plan sponsored by Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Fund, headquartered in New Jersey. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $287M in total end-of-year assets and covers 2,179 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 222383293, and the plan has been effective since 1981-07-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $257M at the beginning of 2023 to $287M at year-end - up 11.7%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $287M, with reported net income of $30M 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 Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Fund has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2023), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $257M to $287M, a gain of 11.7%, while reported participants moved from 1,957 to 2,179 (+11.3%). Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $257M in assets across 1 plan covering 1,957 participants; 2023 - $287M in assets across 1 plan covering 2,179 participants.

By assets, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan outranks 96% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 2.9x 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 Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety 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)$257M
Total Assets (End of Year)$287M
Net Assets (End of Year)$287M
Net Income$30M
Plan TypeMoney Purchase
Employer EIN222383293
Plan Effective Date1981-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Fund)

$250M$260M$270M$280M$290M$300M 20222023 $257M $287M ▲ +11.7%
Total plan assets by year, all Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Fund 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 1,957 $257M
2023 1 2,179 $287M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan holds $287M in total assets with 2,179 participants. It is sponsored by Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Fund.
What type of plan is Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan?
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan is a Money Purchase plan. It has been effective since 1981-07-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 222383293.
Who sponsors the Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan?
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan is sponsored by Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Fund, located in New Jersey. The sponsor's EIN is 222383293 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan perform in 2023?
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.7% during 2023, moving from $257M to $287M in total assets. Net income was $30M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Money Purchase plans in New Jersey. Compare plans
  • Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 9 Surety Fund's sponsor-wide assets have grown 11.7% 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 222383293.

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.