Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Board of Trustees Seafarers Pension Plan Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 7,182
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $286,295
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Seafarers Pension Plan · Sponsored by Board of Trustees Seafarers Pension Plan · Maryland · Transportation & Warehousing
$2.1B in assets, 7,182 participants
Board of Trustees Seafarers Pension Plan's Seafarers Pension Plan reported $2.1B in total assets and 7,182 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- #3,252 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
Coverage in Maryland
Seafarers Pension Plan covers 7,182 participants in Maryland, 7.7x the typical Maryland plan (state average ~929 per filing). Assets: $2.1B.
- #3,252
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
- +8.3%
- assets growth YoY
- 21×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Seafarers Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Seafarers Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$2,056,169,090 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Seafarers 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. Seafarers Pension Plan lands in the large band (7,182 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Seafarers Pension Plan reported net income rose from $114M in the plan year 2023 filing to $158M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Seafarers Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.9B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.1B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Seafarers Pension Plan reported participants rose from 7,093 in the plan year 2023 filing to 7,182 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 136100329 · Board of Trustees Seafarers Pension Plan PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Seafarers Pension Plan · $2.1B · 7,182 · 99th
- EIN $2.1B
- EIN 7,182
- EIN 99th
- EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EIN near Northrop Grumman Retirement Plan B
- EIN ind #3252
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 Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Maryland →
Seafarers Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Maryland filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.1B |
| Net Income | $158M |
| Employer EIN | 136100329 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1961-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees Seafarers Pension Plan)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Board of Trustees Seafarers Pension Plan plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.1B 15.215838708078167% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 7,399 | $1.8B |
| 2023 | 1 | 7,093 | $1.9B |
| 2024 | 1 | 7,182 | $2.1B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Maryland
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- National Electrical Benefit Fund $20.4B · 332,362
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program $18.3B · 18,014
- Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund $6.6B · 14,954
- National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund $4.8B · 15,964
- Major League Baseball Players Pension Plan $4.8B · 1,091
Scale composition for Seafarers Pension Plan
Seafarers Pension Plan reports $2.1B in end-of-year assets across 7,182 participants (0.017% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $286,295 per participant (2.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $158M.
This plan identity (EIN 136100329, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.8B to $2.1B (+15.2%) while covered participants moved from 7,399 to 7,182 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,399 | $1.8B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 7,093 | $1.9B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 7,182 | $2.1B | This page |
Seafarers Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Maryland, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Northrop Grumman Retirement Plan B in VA ($2.1B); by covered participants it is Medtronic Retirement Plan for Certain Participants and Beneficiaries in MN (7,184 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.1B here).
- Northrop Grumman Retirement Plan B (VA) $2.1B · 1,614
- National Grid USA Companies Final Average Pay Pension Plan (NY) $2.1B · 1,668
- Alaska Electrical Pension Plan (AK) $2.1B · 3,898
- The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement Plan (WI) $2.1B · 7,653
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,182 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Medtronic Retirement Plan for Certain Participants and Beneficiaries (MN) 7,184 · 2 off
- Tforce Freight Pension Plan (TX) 7,193 · 11 off
- Transamerica Pension Plan (IA) 7,170 · 12 off
- Chs Inc. Pension Plan (MN) 7,164 · 18 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.