Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Michigan Education Association Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $708M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 524
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.4M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust · Sponsored by Michigan Education Association · Michigan · Professional & Technical Services
$708M in assets, 524 participants
Michigan Education Association's Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust reported $708M in total assets and 524 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- #20,062 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
Where Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust sits by assets
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $708M for 524 participants (~$1.4M/participant), up 9.9% in 2023.
- #20,062
- in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
- +9.9%
- assets growth YoY
- 7.1×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust's outsized position by total assets
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$707,937,624 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust 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. Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust sits mid-pack in the medium band (524 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust reported net income rose from $313K in the plan year 2022 filing to $45M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust end-of-year assets rose from $644M in the plan year 2022 filing to $708M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 380827000 · Michigan Education Association PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust · $708M · 524 · 98th
- PHOTO $708M
- IND 524
- EOY 98th
- 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
- ASSETS near Willis North America Inc. Pension Plan
- PCT ind #20062
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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Michigan →
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $644M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $689M |
| Net Income | $45M |
| Employer EIN | 380827000 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1948-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Michigan Education Association)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Michigan Education Association plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $754M 9.484408877194857% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 1,076 | $689M |
| 2023 | 2 | 1,088 | $756M |
| 2024 | 2 | 1,071 | $754M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan $44.8B · 17,959
- Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan $19.3B · 26,442
- Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan $12.7B · 10,215
- Dow Employees' Pension Plan $11.5B · 14,051
- Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement $11.2B · 13,635
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Willis North America Inc. Pension Plan in TN ($709M); by covered participants it is University Community Health System Consolidated Pension Plan in FL (524 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($708M here).
- Willis North America Inc. Pension Plan (TN) $709M · 626
- Employees Pension Plan of Credit Suisse (NY) $709M · 285
- Ppg Industries, Inc. Retirement Plan F (PA) $710M · N/A
- Ohio Farmers Insurance Company Pension Plan (OH) $710M · 2,143
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (524 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- University Community Health System Consolidated Pension Plan (FL) 524 · 0 off
- Coastal Federal Credit Union Cash Balance Defined Benefit Pension Plan and Trust (NC) 523 · 1 off
- Retirement Income Plan for Selective Insurance Company of America (NJ) 525 · 1 off
- Uft & Uft Welfare Fund Employees Pension Plan (NY) 525 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.