Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Board of Trustees, Northern California Electrical Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$697M
Total assets Above avg plan size
1,593
Participants Near avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$437,319
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan · Sponsored by Board of Trustees, Northern California Electrical · California · Construction

$697M in assets, 1,593 participants

Board of Trustees, Northern California Electrical's Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan reported $697M in total assets and 1,593 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #8,842 in Construction (9,039 peers)

Coverage in California

Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan covers 1,593 participants in California, 2.5x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $697M.

#8,842
in Construction (9,039 peers)
+6.0%
assets growth YoY
7.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$696,649,583 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan lands in the large band (1,593 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $657M in the plan year 2023 filing to $697M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan reported participants fell from 1,679 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,593 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan reported net income fell from $39M in the plan year 2023 filing to $38M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 946062674 · Board of Trustees, Northern California Electrical PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan · $697M · 1,593 · 98th

  • PART $697M
  • TYPE 1,593
  • NET 98th
  • BOOK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near Medstar Health, Inc. Cash Balance Retirement Plan
  • BOY ind #8842

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 California →

Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Huntington Bancshares Retirement PlanHuntington Bancshares Retire…$702MMea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & TrustMea-Messa-Mea Financial Serv…$700MMedstar Health, Inc. Cash Balance Retirement PlanMedstar Health, Inc. Cash Ba…$699MNorthern California Electrical Workers Pension PlanNorthern California Electric…$697M2019 Bmw Pension Plan$693M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$657M
Net Assets (End of Year)$696M
Net Income$38M
Employer EIN946062674
Plan Effective Date1961-12-12
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees, Northern California Electrical)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees, Northern California Electrical plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.4B 22.379106436280416% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.1B$1.2B$1.3B$1.4B 202220232024 $1.12B $1.37B ▲ +22.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 4,409 $1.1B
2023 2 4,116 $1.3B
2024 2 3,693 $1.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California

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

Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.696649583 · Participants: 1593Northern California Electrical Workers Pension PlanKaiser Permanente Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 34.452234723 · Participants: 135057Kaiser Permanente Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.60716624 · Participants: 27500Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 11.441381434 · Participants: 18983Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc.Western States Carpenters Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.342334451 · Participants: 48582Western States Carpenters Pension PlanIlwu-Pma Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.798538721 · Participants: 15833Ilwu-Pma Pension Plan
Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Medstar Health, Inc. Cash Balance Retirement Plan in MD ($699M); by covered participants it is Andersen Corporation Employees' Pension and Retirement Plan in MN (1,594 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($697M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,593 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 Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 6.0% during 2024, from $657M to $697M. Reported net income was $38M.
How have Board of Trustees, Northern California Electrical plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees, Northern California Electrical's sponsor-wide assets grew 22.4%, from $1.1B to $1.4B.
Where does Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Medstar Health, Inc. Cash Balance Retirement Plan in MD ($699M, 2,130 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Andersen Corporation Employees' Pension and Retirement Plan in MN (1,594 participants, $773M 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 946062674.

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.