Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $177M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 748
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 94th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $236,360
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan · Sponsored by Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension · Michigan · Construction
$177M in assets, 748 participants
Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension's Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan reported $177M in total assets and 748 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.
- #8,367 in Construction (9,039 peers)
Where Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan sits by assets
Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $177M for 748 participants (~$236,360/participant), up 7.4% in 2024.
- #8,367
- in Construction (9,039 peers)
- +7.4%
- assets growth YoY
- 1.8×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$176,796,987 Top 6% higher than 94% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (748 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan reported net income fell from $15M in the plan year 2023 filing to $12M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan reported participants rose from 665 in the plan year 2023 filing to 748 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $165M in the plan year 2023 filing to $177M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 381752138 · Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan · $177M · 748 · 94th
- PART $177M
- TYPE 748
- NET 94th
- BOOK Defined Benefit (Pension)
- VS-ST near Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc. Retirement Plan
- BOY ind #8367
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 Michigan →
Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $165M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $177M |
| Net Income | $12M |
| Employer EIN | 381752138 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1964-06-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $177M 17.78913945638986% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 726 | $150M |
| 2023 | 1 | 665 | $165M |
| 2024 | 1 | 748 | $177M |
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 $42.5B · 15,648
- Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan $17.8B · 25,742
- Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan $12.1B · 8,585
- Dow Employees' Pension Plan $10.9B · 6,888
- Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement $10.3B · 12,752
Plumbers & Pipefitters U.a. Local 85 Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc. Retirement Plan in CA ($177M); by covered participants it is Reynolds and Affiliates Pension Plan in NC (748 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($177M here).
- Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc. Retirement Plan (CA) $177M · 216
- Local 805 Pension & Retirement Fund (NY) $177M · 453
- Northwest Permanente, P.C., Cash Balance Plan (OR) $177M · 1,158
- Ingersoll Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. Pension Plan (NC) $176M · 859
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (748 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.