Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Federal Signal Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $83M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 290
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 89th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $285,930
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Federal Signal Corporation · Illinois · Manufacturing
$83M in assets, 290 participants
Federal Signal Corporation's Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan reported $83M in total assets and 290 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.
- #14,907 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan covers 290 participants in Illinois, about 37% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $83M.
- #14,907
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -8.8%
- assets change YoY
- 0.8×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $8M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$82,919,809 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Federal Signal Corporation Retirement 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. Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (290 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $4M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$8M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 321 in the plan year 2023 filing to 290 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $91M in the plan year 2023 filing to $83M in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 361063330 · Federal Signal Corporation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan · $83M · 290 · 89th
- 5500 $83M
- ASSETS 290
- PCT 89th
- EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
- RANK near Elbit Systems of America Pension Plan for Employees in the Night Vision Bargaining Unit
- PHOTO ind #14907
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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →
Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $91M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $83M |
| Net Income | -$8M |
| Employer EIN | 361063330 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1953-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Federal Signal Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Federal Signal Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $627M 23.735220456178947% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 3,225 | $507M |
| 2023 | 2 | 3,704 | $585M |
| 2024 | 2 | 3,873 | $627M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan $48.2B · 36,799
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees $37.7B · 41,619
- GE Healthcare Pension Plan $13.7B · 5,554
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $8.6B · 17,875
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund $8.2B · 20,984
Federal Signal Corporation Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Elbit Systems of America Pension Plan for Employees in the Night Vision Bargaining Unit in TX ($83M); by covered participants it is Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 152 Pension Tr Fund in WV (290 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($83M here).
- Elbit Systems of America Pension Plan for Employees in the Night Vision Bargaining Unit (TX) $83M · 234
- Vinson & Elkins LLP Variable Annuity Plan a (TX) $83M · 195
- Vinson & Elkins LLP Variable Annuity Plan B (TX) $83M · 195
- Intl Brotherhood of Elec Work. Loc 58 Sound & Communications (MI) $83M · 865
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (290 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 152 Pension Tr Fund (WV) 290 · 0 off
- Teamsters Bakery Drivers and Industry Pension Fund (NY) 290 · 0 off
- Kuakini Health System Retirement Plan (HI) 290 · 0 off
- Pdc Cash Balance Pension Plan (NC) 290 · 0 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.