Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.6B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 6,611
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $238,515
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund · Sponsored by Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund · California · Construction
$1.6B in assets, 6,611 participants
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund reported $1.6B in total assets and 6,611 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.
- #8,956 in Construction (9,039 peers)
Coverage in California
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund covers 6,611 participants in California, 10x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $1.6B.
- #8,956
- in Construction (9,039 peers)
- +10.4%
- assets growth YoY
- 16×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's outsized position by total assets
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$1,576,820,702 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
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement 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. Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund lands in the large band (6,611 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund end-of-year assets rose from $1.4B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.6B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund reported net income fell from $160M in the plan year 2023 filing to $150M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund reported participants rose from 6,346 in the plan year 2023 filing to 6,611 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 516108443 · Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund · $1.6B · 6,611 · 99th
- BOY $1.6B
- BOY 6,611
- BOY 99th
- BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- BOY near Pipe Trades Services Mn Pension Fund
- BOY ind #8956
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 California →
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.6B |
| Net Income | $150M |
| Employer EIN | 516108443 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1958-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.6B 24.39042123815809% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 6,062 | $1.3B |
| 2023 | 1 | 6,346 | $1.4B |
| 2024 | 1 | 6,611 | $1.6B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $34.5B · 135,057
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $17.6B · 27,500
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $11.4B · 18,983
- Western States Carpenters Pension Plan $11.3B · 48,582
- Ilwu-Pma Pension Plan $10.8B · 15,833
Scale composition for Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund reports $1.6B in end-of-year assets across 6,611 participants (0.013% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $238,515 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $150M.
This plan identity (EIN 516108443, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.3B to $1.6B (+24.4%) while covered participants moved from 6,062 to 6,611 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6,062 | $1.3B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 6,346 | $1.4B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 6,611 | $1.6B | This page |
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pipe Trades Services Mn Pension Fund in MN ($1.6B); by covered participants it is The Ohiohealth Cash Balance Retirement Plan in OH (6,616 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.6B here).
- Pipe Trades Services Mn Pension Fund (MN) $1.6B · 4,759
- Cmp Pension Plan (CT) $1.6B · 423
- Bd Retirement Plan (NJ) $1.6B · 8,655
- Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan VI for Non-Bargaining Employees (LA) $1.6B · 783
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,611 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Ohiohealth Cash Balance Retirement Plan (OH) 6,616 · 5 off
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees (GA) 6,579 · 32 off
- Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation Retirement Plan (MD) 6,555 · 56 off
- Ufcw Union Local No. 655, Food Employer's Joint Pe (MO) 6,550 · 61 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.