Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.2B
Total assets Very large vs avg
19,021
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$166,793
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary · Sponsored by Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe · New York · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$3.2B in assets, 19,021 participants

Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe's American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary reported $3.2B in total assets and 19,021 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.

  • #2,918 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,921 peers)

Coverage in New York

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary covers 19,021 participants in New York, 24x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $3.2B.

#2,918
in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,921 peers)
+80.6%
assets growth YoY
32×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary's outsized position by total assets

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,172,578,912 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

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary'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. American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary is a mega filing (19,021 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary reported net income rose from -$5M in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.5B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary end-of-year assets rose from $1.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $3.2B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary reported participants rose from 18,826 in the plan year 2023 filing to 19,021 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 516120204 · Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary · $3.2B · 19,021 · 100th

  • NET $3.2B
  • BOOK 19,021
  • VS-ST 100th
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Georgia-Pacific LLC Hourly Pension Plan
  • EBSA ind #2918

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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary in the asset neighbourhood

Bae Systems Employees' Retirement PlanBae Systems Employees' Retir…$3.2BMinnesota Laborers Pension FundMinnesota Laborers Pension F…$3.2BRetirement Plan for Certain Represented EmployeesRetirement Plan for Certain …$3.2BAmerican Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and SubsidiaryAmerican Federation of Music…$3.2BGeorgia-Pacific LLC Hourly Pension PlanGeorgia-Pacific LLC Hourly P…$3.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.1B
Net Income$1.5B
Employer EIN516120204
Plan Effective Date1959-10-02
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.2B 81.34566111871332% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.5B$2B$2.5B$3B$3.5B 202220232024 $1.75B $3.17B ▲ +81.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 15,003 $1.7B
2023 1 18,826 $1.8B
2024 1 19,021 $3.2B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary, Total assets ($B): 3.172578912 · Participants: 19021American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and SubsidiaryIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.919858993 · Participants: 48014IBM Personal Pension Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.913316696 · Participants: 1118331199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.588456377 · Participants: 10608Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.970337119 · Participants: 8876Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanGE Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.92290143 · Participants: 5829GE Energy Pension Plan
American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary reports $3.2B in end-of-year assets across 19,021 participants (0.026% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.020% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $166,793 per participant (1.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $1.5B.

This plan identity (EIN 516120204, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.7B to $3.2B (+81.3%) while covered participants moved from 15,003 to 19,021 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 15,003 $1.7B Open filing
2023 18,826 $1.8B Open filing
2024 · index core 19,021 $3.2B This page

American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Georgia-Pacific LLC Hourly Pension Plan in GA ($3.2B); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. in CA (18,983 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.2B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (19,021 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 American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary assets move in 2024? ▼
American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary surged - up 80.6% during 2024, from $1.8B to $3.2B. Reported net income was $1.5B.
How have Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employe's sponsor-wide assets grew 81.3%, from $1.7B to $3.2B.
Where does American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary 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 American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Georgia-Pacific LLC Hourly Pension Plan in GA ($3.2B, 7,127 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. in CA (18,983 participants, $11.4B 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 516120204.

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.