Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
The L.S. Starrett Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $87M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 334
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 90th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $259,704
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Retirement Plan for Employees of the L.S. Starrett Company · Sponsored by The L.S. Starrett Company · Massachusetts · Manufacturing
$87M in assets, 334 participants
The L.S. Starrett Company's The Retirement Plan for Employees of the L.S. Starrett Company reported $87M in total assets and 334 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th 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.
- #16,011 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Where The Retirement Plan for Employees of the L.S. Starrett Company sits by assets
The Retirement Plan for Employees of the L.S. Starrett Company sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $87M for 334 participants (~$259,704/participant), up 3.3% in 2023.
- #16,011
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +3.3%
- assets growth YoY
- 0.9×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The Retirement Plan for Employees of the L.S. Starrett Company's outsized position by total assets
The Retirement Plan for Employees of the L.S. Starrett Company vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$86,741,149 Top 10% higher than 90% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
The Retirement Plan for Employees of the L.S. Starrett Company among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Retirement Plan for Employees of the L.S. Starrett Company sits mid-pack in the medium band (334 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- The Retirement Plan for Employees of the L.S. Starrett Company reported net income fell from $5M in the plan year 2022 filing to $3M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Retirement Plan for Employees of the L.S. Starrett Company reported participants fell from 358 in the plan year 2022 filing to 334 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Retirement Plan for Employees of the L.S. Starrett Company end-of-year assets rose from $84M in the plan year 2022 filing to $87M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 041866480 · The L.S. Starrett Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Retirement Plan for Employees of the L.S. Starrett Company · $87M · 334 · 90th
- RANK $87M
- PHOTO 334
- IND 90th
- EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- 5500 near Retirement Plan for Employees of Cass Information Systems, Inc.
- ASSETS ind #16011
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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →
The Retirement Plan for Employees of the L.S. Starrett Company in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $84M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $87M |
| Net Income | $3M |
| Employer EIN | 041866480 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1945-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The L.S. Starrett Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The L.S. Starrett Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $116M 7.118980074849635% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 1,469 | $108M |
| 2023 | 4 | 1,383 | $116M |
| 2024 | 4 | 1,279 | $116M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Massachusetts
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Consolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member Organizations $10.3B · 58,745
- New England Teamsters Pension Fund $9.1B · 21,786
- Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan $6.9B · 37,145
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement Plan $5.4B · 11,888
- N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund $5.0B · 17,166
The Retirement Plan for Employees of the L.S. Starrett Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Massachusetts, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan for Employees of Cass Information Systems, Inc. in MO ($87M); by covered participants it is Liquor Salesmen's Union Local 2 Pension Fund in NY (334 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($87M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (334 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.