Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
2,358
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$486,752
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan · Sponsored by Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust · California · Construction

$1.1B in assets, 2,358 participants

Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust's Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan reported $1.1B in total assets and 2,358 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.

  • #8,919 in Construction (9,039 peers)

Coverage in California

Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan covers 2,358 participants in California, 3.7x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $1.1B.

#8,919
in Construction (9,039 peers)
+9.6%
assets growth YoY
12×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,147,760,367 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Northern California Pipe Trades 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. Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan lands in the large band (2,358 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan reported net income fell from $119M in the plan year 2023 filing to $91M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.0B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan reported participants fell from 2,470 in the plan year 2023 filing to 2,358 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 943190386 · Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan · $1.1B · 2,358 · 99th

  • RANK $1.1B
  • RANK 2,358
  • RANK 99th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Employees' Retirement Plan of Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc.
  • RANK ind #8919

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 →

Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Northern California Pipe Trades Pension PlanNorthern California Pipe Tra…$1.1BEmployees' Retirement Plan of Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc.Employees' Retirement Plan o…$1.2BRegions Financial Corporation Retirement PlanRegions Financial Corporatio…$1.2BVought Aircraft Industries, Inc. Hourly Retirement PlanVought Aircraft Industries, …$1.2BWisconsin Laborers' Pension FundWisconsin Laborers' Pension …$1.1B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.1B
Net Income$91M
Employer EIN943190386
Plan Effective Date1994-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.7B 25.827094189591353% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B$1.8B 202220232024 $1.36B $1.72B ▲ +26.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 4,721 $1.4B
2023 2 5,026 $1.6B
2024 2 4,912 $1.7B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California

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

Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.147760367 · Participants: 2358Northern California Pipe Trades Pension PlanKaiser Permanente Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 34.452234723 · Participants: 135057Kaiser Permanente Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.60716624 · Participants: 27500Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 11.441381434 · Participants: 18983Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc.Western States Carpenters Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.342334451 · Participants: 48582Western States Carpenters Pension PlanIlwu-Pma Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.798538721 · Participants: 15833Ilwu-Pma Pension Plan
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Employees' Retirement Plan of Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc. in TX ($1.2B); by covered participants it is Equitable Retirement Plan in NY (2,363 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,358 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 Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.6% during 2024, from $1.0B to $1.1B. Reported net income was $91M.
How have Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust's sponsor-wide assets grew 25.8%, from $1.4B to $1.7B.
Where does Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan ranks in the 99th 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 Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Employees' Retirement Plan of Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc. in TX ($1.2B, 1,798 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Equitable Retirement Plan in NY (2,363 participants, $1.7B 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 943190386.

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.