Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

L.B. Foster Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$396
Total assets Small plan by assets
18
Participants Small participant base
0th
Percentile by assets National rank
$22
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan · Sponsored by L.B. Foster Company · Pennsylvania · Wholesale Trade

$396 in assets, 18 participants

L.B. Foster Company's L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan reported $396 in total assets and 18 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 0th 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.

  • #11 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

L.B. Foster Company multi-year trail

L.B. Foster Company's plans moved +22.7% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan at $396 / 18 participants.

#11
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
-100.0%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $4M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$396 0th percentile higher than 0% of 123,620 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 2024

L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan is a small filing (18 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $206K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$4M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $4M in the plan year 2023 filing to $396 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 20 in the plan year 2023 filing to 18 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 251324733 · L.B. Foster Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan · $396 · 18 · 0th

  • TYPE $396
  • TYPE 18
  • TYPE 0th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • TYPE near Farmland Opportunity, LLC Pension Plan
  • TYPE ind #11

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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →

L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

L.B. Foster Company multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All L.B. Foster Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$94M 22.658106261401368% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$70M$80M$90M$100M 202220232024 $76.4M $93.7M ▲ +22.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 740 $76M
2023 3 868 $89M
2024 3 839 $94M

L.B. Foster Company filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4M
Net Assets (End of Year)N/A
Net Income-$4M
Employer EIN251324733
Plan Effective Date1969-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.96e-7 · Participants: 18L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement PlanNational Elevator Industry Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.213235301 · Participants: 28308National Elevator Industry Pension PlanSteelworkers Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 7.234971663 · Participants: 46110Steelworkers Pension TrustThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.528998 · Participants: 58779The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.178651926 · Participants: 6387The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension PlanConstellation Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 5.003720253 · Participants: 4809Constellation Retirement Program
L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Farmland Opportunity, LLC Pension Plan in FL ($414); by covered participants it is Palco Retirement Plan in CA (18 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan contracted severely - down 100.0% during 2024, from $4M to $396. Reported net income was -$4M.
How have L.B. Foster Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), L.B. Foster Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 22.7%, from $76M to $94M.
Where does L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan ranks in the 0th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Farmland Opportunity, LLC Pension Plan in FL ($414, 4 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to L.B. Foster Company Merged Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Palco Retirement Plan in CA (18 participants, N/A in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 251324733.

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.