Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$215M
Total assets
938
Participants
95th
Percentile by assets
$229,691
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan · Sponsored by Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan · West Virginia · Construction

Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan's Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan reported $215M in total assets and 938 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.

What the 2024 filing shows

Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan holds $215M for 938 participants - about $229,691 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 3.9% over the 2024 plan year.

$215M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
938
covered participants
95th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$229,691
avg assets per participant
Industry
Construction

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan

Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan, headquartered in West Virginia. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $215M in total end-of-year assets and covers 938 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 556027928, and the plan has been effective since 1964-04-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged up modestly from $207M at the beginning of 2024 to $215M at year-end - up 3.9%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $215M, with reported net income of $8M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $182M to $215M, a gain of 18.5%, while reported participants moved from 727 to 938 (+29.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $215M; the softest was 2022 at $182M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $182M in assets across 1 plan covering 727 participants; 2023 - $207M in assets across 1 plan covering 980 participants; 2024 - $215M in assets across 1 plan covering 938 participants.

By assets, Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan outranks 95% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 2.2x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$207M
Total Assets (End of Year)$215M
Net Assets (End of Year)$215M
Net Income$8M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN556027928
Plan Effective Date1964-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan)

$160M$180M$200M$220M 202220232024 $182M $215M ▲ +18.5%
Total plan assets by year, all Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 727 $182M
2023 1 980 $207M
2024 1 938 $215M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan holds $215M in total assets with 938 participants. It is sponsored by Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan.
What type of plan is Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan?
Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1964-04-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 556027928.
Who sponsors the Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan?
Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan is sponsored by Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan, located in West Virginia. The sponsor's EIN is 556027928 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan perform in 2024?
Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan edged up modestly - up 3.9% during 2024, moving from $207M to $215M in total assets. Net income was $8M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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  • Ironworkers Local 549-550 Pension Plan's sponsor-wide assets have grown 18.5% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Construction plans
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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 556027928.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.