Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Media Guild Retirement Plan Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$169M
Total assets Near avg plan size
42
Participants Small participant base
94th
Percentile by assets National rank
$4.0M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Media Guild Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Media Guild Retirement Plan · California · Information & Media

$169M in assets, 42 participants

Media Guild Retirement Plan's Media Guild Retirement Plan reported $169M in total assets and 42 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • #2,546 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Where Media Guild Retirement Plan sits by assets

Media Guild Retirement Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $169M for 42 participants (~$4.0M/participant), up 3.7% in 2024.

#2,546
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
+3.7%
assets growth YoY
1.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Media Guild Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Media Guild Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$168,979,877 Top 6% higher than 94% 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

Media Guild Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Media Guild Retirement Plan is a small filing (42 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Media Guild Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $9M in the plan year 2023 filing to $5M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Media Guild Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $163M in the plan year 2023 filing to $169M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 946052176 · Media Guild Retirement Plan PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Media Guild Retirement Plan · $169M · 42 · 94th

  • NET $169M
  • BOOK 42
  • VS-ST 94th
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Unite Here! Workers and Hospitality Employers Vdb Pension Trust
  • EBSA ind #2546

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Media Guild Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Unite Here! Workers and Hospitality Employers Vdb Pension TrustUnite Here! Workers and Hosp…$169MMedia Guild Retirement Plan$169MSheet Metal Workers Local 98 Pension FundSheet Metal Workers Local 98…$169MNorton Healthcare, Inc. Retirement PlanNorton Healthcare, Inc. Reti…$169MShore Medical Center Pension PlanShore Medical Center Pension…$168M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Media Guild Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$163M
Net Assets (End of Year)$164M
Net Income$5M
Employer EIN946052176
Plan Effective Date1957-12-18
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Media Guild Retirement Plan)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Media Guild Retirement Plan plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$169M 3.728603420160073% vs 2023
2024 filing year
$162M$164M$166M$168M$170M 20232024 $163M $169M ▲ +3.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2023 1 42 $163M
2024 1 42 $169M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California

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

Media Guild Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Media Guild Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.168979877 · Participants: 42Media Guild Retirement 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
Media Guild Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Media Guild Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Media Guild Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Unite Here! Workers and Hospitality Employers Vdb Pension Trust in MA ($169M); by covered participants it is Employees' Retirement Income Plan of Bank Leumi USA in NJ (42 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($169M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (42 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 Media Guild Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Media Guild Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 3.7% during 2024, from $163M to $169M. Reported net income was $5M.
How have Media Guild Retirement Plan plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2023-2024), Media Guild Retirement Plan's sponsor-wide assets grew 3.7%, from $163M to $169M.
Where does Media Guild Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Media Guild Retirement Plan ranks in the 94th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Media Guild Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Unite Here! Workers and Hospitality Employers Vdb Pension Trust in MA ($169M, 4,762 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Media Guild Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Employees' Retirement Income Plan of Bank Leumi USA in NJ (42 participants, $77M 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 946052176.

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.