Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$27M
Total assets Below avg plan size
54
Participants Small participant base
78th
Percentile by assets National rank
$500,240
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians · Sponsored by Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$27M in assets, 54 participants

Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc.'s The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians reported $27M in total assets and 54 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 78th 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.

  • #2,543 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)

Where The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians sits by assets

The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $27M for 54 participants (~$500,240/participant), up 2.2% in 2023.

#2,543
in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)
+2.2%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians's outsized position by total assets

The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians vs every filed plan by assets

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

$27,012,948 Top 22% higher than 78% 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

The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians is a small filing (54 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians reported net income rose from -$1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $571K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians reported participants fell from 57 in the plan year 2022 filing to 54 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians end-of-year assets rose from $26M in the plan year 2022 filing to $27M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 250986052 · Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians · $27M · 54 · 78th

  • BOY $27M
  • BOY 54
  • BOY 78th
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near Retirement Plan of the Millmen's Retirement Trust of Washington
  • BOY ind #2543

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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →

The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$26M
Net Assets (End of Year)$27M
Net Income$571K
Employer EIN250986052
Plan Effective Date1970-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$30M 20.17375333916983% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$25M$30M$35M$40M 202220232024 $37.9M $30.2M ▼ -20.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 96 $38M
2023 2 85 $39M
2024 2 76 $30M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians, Total assets ($B): 0.027012948 · Participants: 54The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for MusiciansNational Elevator Industry Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.224377797 · Participants: 27434National Elevator Industry Pension PlanSteelworkers Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 6.602912146 · Participants: 47052Steelworkers Pension TrustThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.63715 · Participants: 63680The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension PlanConstellation Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 5.323012123 · Participants: 5080Constellation Retirement ProgramThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.257223708 · Participants: 7374The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan
The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians side-by-side with 3 peers →

The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan of the Millmen's Retirement Trust of Washington in OR ($27M); by covered participants it is Rpm International Inc. Union Retirement Plan in OH (54 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (54 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 The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians assets move in 2023? ▼
The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians edged up modestly - up 2.2% during 2023, from $26M to $27M. Reported net income was $571K.
How have Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 20.2%, from $38M to $30M.
Where does The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians ranks in the 78th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Plan of the Millmen's Retirement Trust of Washington in OR ($27M, 38 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. Pension Plan for Musicians? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Rpm International Inc. Union Retirement Plan in OH (54 participants, $4M 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 250986052.

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.