Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Joint Board of Trustees Operating Engineers Local 324 Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.9B
Total assets Very large vs avg
8,314
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$232,824
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund · Sponsored by Joint Board of Trustees Operating Engineers Local 324 · Michigan · Construction

$1.9B in assets, 8,314 participants

Joint Board of Trustees Operating Engineers Local 324's Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund reported $1.9B in total assets and 8,314 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.

  • #8,980 in Construction (9,039 peers)

Coverage in Michigan

Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund covers 8,314 participants in Michigan, 13x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $1.9B.

#8,980
in Construction (9,039 peers)
+6.4%
assets growth YoY
19×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund's outsized position by total assets

Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,935,695,701 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

Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension 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. Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund lands in the large band (8,314 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund reported net income fell from $168M in the plan year 2023 filing to $120M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund end-of-year assets rose from $1.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.9B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund reported participants rose from 7,993 in the plan year 2023 filing to 8,314 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 381900637 · Joint Board of Trustees Operating Engineers Local 324 PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund · $1.9B · 8,314 · 99th

  • EOY $1.9B
  • EOY 8,314
  • EOY 99th
  • EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EOY near Retirement Benefit Accumulation Plan for Employees of Pwc
  • EOY ind #8980

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 Michigan →

Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund in the asset neighbourhood

Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension FundOperating Engineers' Local 3…$1.9BRetirement Benefit Accumulation Plan for Employees of PwcRetirement Benefit Accumulat…$1.9BOncor Retirement Plan$1.9BThe Kroger Consolidated Retirement Benefit Plan Spin OffThe Kroger Consolidated Reti…$1.9BLiuna Staff and Affiliates Pension FundLiuna Staff and Affiliates P…$1.9B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Michigan filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.9B
Net Income$120M
Employer EIN381900637
Plan Effective Date1957-04-15
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Joint Board of Trustees Operating Engineers Local 324)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Joint Board of Trustees Operating Engineers Local 324 plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.9B 18.636400093150097% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.5B$1.6B$1.7B$1.8B$1.9B$2B 202220232024 $1.63B $1.94B ▲ +19.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 7,511 $1.6B
2023 1 7,993 $1.8B
2024 1 8,314 $1.9B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan

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

Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 50001000015000200002500030000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 1.935695701 · Participants: 8314Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension FundGeneral Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 42.453822995 · Participants: 15648General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension PlanFord Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.842898898 · Participants: 25742Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement PlanFord Motor Company General Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.116125366 · Participants: 8585Ford Motor Company General Retirement PlanDow Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.930410978 · Participants: 6888Dow Employees' Pension PlanFca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement, Total assets ($B): 10.255300049 · Participants: 12752Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement
Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund

Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund reports $1.9B in end-of-year assets across 8,314 participants (0.016% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $232,824 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $120M.

This plan identity (EIN 381900637, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.6B to $1.9B (+18.6%) while covered participants moved from 7,511 to 8,314 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 7,511 $1.6B Open filing
2023 7,993 $1.8B Open filing
2024 · index core 8,314 $1.9B This page

Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Benefit Accumulation Plan for Employees of Pwc in FL ($1.9B); by covered participants it is Nestle Pension Plan in OH (8,291 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.9B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,314 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 Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund assets move in 2024? ▼
Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund grew at a solid clip - up 6.4% during 2024, from $1.8B to $1.9B. Reported net income was $120M.
How have Joint Board of Trustees Operating Engineers Local 324 plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Joint Board of Trustees Operating Engineers Local 324's sponsor-wide assets grew 18.6%, from $1.6B to $1.9B.
Where does Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund 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 Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Benefit Accumulation Plan for Employees of Pwc in FL ($1.9B, 5,001 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Nestle Pension Plan in OH (8,291 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 381900637.

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.