Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Insulators Local No. 53 Pension Fund Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$49M
Total assets Below avg plan size
737
Participants Near avg headcount
84th
Percentile by assets National rank
$66,886
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Insulators Local No. 53 Pension · Sponsored by Insulators Local No. 53 Pension Fund · Louisiana · Construction

$49M in assets, 737 participants

Insulators Local No. 53 Pension Fund's Insulators Local No. 53 Pension reported $49M in total assets and 737 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 84th 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.

  • #7,429 in Construction (9,039 peers)

Where Insulators Local No. 53 Pension sits by assets

Insulators Local No. 53 Pension sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $49M for 737 participants (~$66,886/participant), up 1.9% in 2024.

#7,429
in Construction (9,039 peers)
+1.9%
assets growth YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Insulators Local No. 53 Pension's outsized position by total assets

Insulators Local No. 53 Pension vs every filed plan by assets

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

$49,294,992 Top 16% higher than 84% 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

Insulators Local No. 53 Pension 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. Insulators Local No. 53 Pension sits mid-pack in the medium band (737 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Insulators Local No. 53 Pension reported net income fell from $1M in the plan year 2023 filing to $917K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Insulators Local No. 53 Pension reported participants fell from 818 in the plan year 2023 filing to 737 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Insulators Local No. 53 Pension end-of-year assets rose from $48M in the plan year 2023 filing to $49M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 720542804 · Insulators Local No. 53 Pension Fund PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Insulators Local No. 53 Pension · $49M · 737 · 84th

  • PART $49M
  • PART 737
  • PART 84th
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska
  • PART ind #7429

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 Louisiana →

Insulators Local No. 53 Pension in the asset neighbourhood

Symrise Inc. Retirement Plan$49MGenesis Alkali, LLC Union Retirement PlanGenesis Alkali, LLC Union Re…$49MNon-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NebraskaNon-Contributory Retirement …$49MInsulators Local No. 53 PensionInsulators Local No. 53 Pens…$49MCalgon Carbon Corporation Pension Plan for Hourly-Rated Employees Big Sandy PlantCalgon Carbon Corporation Pe…$49M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Insulators Local No. 53 Pension and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$48M
Net Assets (End of Year)$49M
Net Income$917K
Employer EIN720542804
Plan Effective Date1959-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Insulators Local No. 53 Pension Fund)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Insulators Local No. 53 Pension Fund plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$49M 4.753179199472654% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$46M$47M$48M$49M$50M 202220232024 $47.1M $49.3M ▲ +4.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 826 $47M
2023 1 818 $48M
2024 1 737 $49M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Louisiana

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

Insulators Local No. 53 Pension vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Louisiana, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050001000015000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Insulators Local No. 53 Pension, Total assets ($B): 0.049294992 · Participants: 737Insulators Local No. 53 PensionLumen Combined Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.334697503 · Participants: 10043Lumen Combined Pension PlanEntergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees, Total assets ($B): 1.77009689 · Participants: 6385Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining EmployeesEntergy Corporation Retirement Plan VI for Non-Bargaining Employees, Total assets ($B): 1.587059648 · Participants: 783Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan VI for Non-Bargaining EmployeesWillis-Knighton Medical Center Employees Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.194963253 · Participants: 6197Willis-Knighton Medical Center Employees Retirement PlanEntergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.916099216 · Participants: 2317Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees
Insulators Local No. 53 Pension vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Louisiana, assets vs. participants
Compare Insulators Local No. 53 Pension side-by-side with 3 peers →

Insulators Local No. 53 Pension's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Louisiana, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska in NE ($49M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan of the Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union No. 630 Pension - Annuity Trust Fund in FL (737 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (737 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 Insulators Local No. 53 Pension assets move in 2024? ▼
Insulators Local No. 53 Pension edged up modestly - up 1.9% during 2024, from $48M to $49M. Reported net income was $917K.
How have Insulators Local No. 53 Pension Fund plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Insulators Local No. 53 Pension Fund's sponsor-wide assets grew 4.8%, from $47M to $49M.
Where does Insulators Local No. 53 Pension rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Insulators Local No. 53 Pension ranks in the 84th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Insulators Local No. 53 Pension? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska in NE ($49M, 109 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Insulators Local No. 53 Pension? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pension Plan of the Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union No. 630 Pension - Annuity Trust Fund in FL (737 participants, $159M 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 720542804.

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.