Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Plumbers and Steamfitters 486 Pension Fund Board of Trustees Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $382M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 1,499
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 96th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $255,062
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund · Sponsored by Plumbers and Steamfitters 486 Pension Fund Board of Trustees · Maryland · Construction
$382M in assets, 1,499 participants
Plumbers and Steamfitters 486 Pension Fund Board of Trustees's Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund reported $382M in total assets and 1,499 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.
- #8,680 in Construction (9,039 peers)
Where Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund sits by assets
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $382M for 1,499 participants (~$255,062/participant), up 9.2% in 2024.
- #8,680
- in Construction (9,039 peers)
- +9.2%
- assets growth YoY
- 3.8×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund's outsized position by total assets
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$382,337,532 Top 4% higher than 96% 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
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund'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. Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund lands in the large band (1,499 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund reported net income rose from $21M in the plan year 2023 filing to $32M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund end-of-year assets rose from $350M in the plan year 2023 filing to $382M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund reported participants fell from 1,522 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,499 in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 526124449 · Plumbers and Steamfitters 486 Pension Fund Board of Trustees PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund · $382M · 1,499 · 96th
- TYPE $382M
- NET 1,499
- BOOK 96th
- VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
- BOY near Foster Farms Group Pension Plan
- SCH ind #8680
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 Maryland →
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $350M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $382M |
| Net Income | $32M |
| Employer EIN | 526124449 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1962-07-10 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Plumbers and Steamfitters 486 Pension Fund Board of Trustees)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Plumbers and Steamfitters 486 Pension Fund Board of Trustees plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $382M 16.287963863475102% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1,456 | $329M |
| 2023 | 1 | 1,522 | $350M |
| 2024 | 1 | 1,499 | $382M |
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Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
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Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Maryland, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Foster Farms Group Pension Plan in CA ($382M); by covered participants it is Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund in MN (1,500 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($382M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,499 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund (MN) 1,500 · 1 off
- Totalenergies Finance USA, Inc. Cash Balance Pension Plan (TX) 1,501 · 2 off
- Iron Workers District Council of Tn Valley & Vicinity Pension Plan (TN) 1,502 · 3 off
- The Cooper Companies, Inc. Retirement Income Plan (CA) 1,493 · 6 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.