Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7.5B
Total assets Very large vs avg
28,958
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$258,596
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust · Sponsored by Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National · Missouri · Construction

$7.5B in assets, 28,958 participants

Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National's Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust reported $7.5B in total assets and 28,958 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #9,032 in Construction (9,039 peers)

Coverage in Missouri

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust covers 28,958 participants in Missouri, 39x the typical Missouri plan (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $7.5B.

#9,032
in Construction (9,039 peers)
-3.8%
assets change YoY
75×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $15M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust's outsized position by total assets

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$7,488,413,536 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust is a mega filing (28,958 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust reported net income fell from $331M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$15M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust reported participants fell from 30,358 in the plan year 2023 filing to 28,958 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust end-of-year assets fell from $7.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $7.5B in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 486168020 · Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust · $7.5B · 28,958 · 100th

  • BOY $7.5B
  • SCH 28,958
  • EBSA 100th
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • TYPE near L3harris Technologies Consolidated Pension Plan
  • NET ind #9032

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 Missouri →

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust in the asset neighbourhood

United Association National Pension FundUnited Association National …$7.7BL3harris Technologies Consolidated Pension PlanL3harris Technologies Consol…$7.6BBoilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension TrustBoilermaker-Blacksmith Natio…$7.5BDelta Retirement Plan$7.3BSteelworkers Pension Trust$7.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Missouri filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$7.4B
Net Income-$15M
Employer EIN486168020
Plan Effective Date1960-06-20
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7.5B 0.038551710732910215% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$7.4B$7.5B$7.6B$7.7B$7.8B$7.9B 202220232024 $7.49B $7.49B ▲ +0.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 31,010 $7.5B
2023 1 30,358 $7.8B
2024 1 28,958 $7.5B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Missouri

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

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 010000200003000040000 2468 Total assets ($B) Participants Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 7.488413536 · Participants: 28958Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension TrustAmeren Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.799287759 · Participants: 9760Ameren Retirement PlanCo-Op Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.509086755 · Participants: 15151Co-Op Retirement PlanCarpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis, Total assets ($B): 3.412879552 · Participants: 11832Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. LouisEmerson Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.286323754 · Participants: 2467Emerson Electric Company Retirement PlanBjc Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.718294881 · Participants: 20653Bjc Pension Plan
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants
Compare Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust reports $7.5B in end-of-year assets across 28,958 participants (0.061% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.031% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $258,596 per participant (1.9x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$15M.

This plan identity (EIN 486168020, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $7.5B to $7.5B (+0.0%) while covered participants moved from 31,010 to 28,958 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 31,010 $7.5B Open filing
2023 30,358 $7.8B Open filing
2024 · index core 28,958 $7.5B This page

Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Missouri, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is L3harris Technologies Consolidated Pension Plan in FL ($7.6B); by covered participants it is The Pension Value Plan for Employees of the Boeing Company in WA (29,538 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7.5B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (28,958 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 Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust assets move in 2024? ▼
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust edged down modestly - down 3.8% during 2024, from $7.8B to $7.5B. Reported net income was -$15M.
How have Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees Boilermaker-Blacksmith National's sponsor-wide assets grew 0.0%, from $7.5B to $7.5B.
Where does Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is L3harris Technologies Consolidated Pension Plan in FL ($7.6B, 4,996 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Pension Value Plan for Employees of the Boeing Company in WA (29,538 participants, $23.3B 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 486168020.

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.