Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $1.6B
- Total assets
- 6,611
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $238,515
- Avg per participant
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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- #8,244 in Construction (8,304 peers)
Coverage in California
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund covers 6,611 participants in California, 10x the typical California plan (state average ~637 per filing). Assets: $1.6B.
- $1.6B
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 6,611
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $238,515
- avg assets per participant
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.
Participants vs California filers
In California, the average filing covers about 637 participants across 14,392 plans. Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund reports 6,611 participants - 10x that state average ($1.6B EOY assets).
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)
| 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.
Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
- 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
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $10.4B · 9,984
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 (0.014% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 89,805,449 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 |
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund by total assets, not by location.
- Pipe Trades Services Mn Pension Fund (MN) $1.6B · 4,759
- Cmp Pension Plan (CT) $1.6B · 423
- Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan VI for Non-Bargaining Employees (LA) $1.6B · 783
- Bosch Pension Plan (MI) $1.6B · 3,086
Frequently Asked Questions
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's numbers.
- By total assets, Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California. Compare plans
- Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund's sponsor-wide assets have grown 24.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Construction plans