Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$123M
Total assets
287
Participants
92th
Percentile by assets
$427,445
Avg per participant

Sponsored by IBEW Union Local 129 · Michigan · Construction

What the 2024 filing shows

IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan holds $123M for 287 participants - about $427,445 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, up 5.0% over the 2024 plan year.

$123M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
287
covered participants
92th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$427,445
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Construction

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan

IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by IBEW Union Local 129, headquartered in Michigan. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $123M in total end-of-year assets and covers 287 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 346701406, and the plan has been effective since 1973-05-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged up modestly from $117M at the beginning of 2024 to $123M at year-end - up 5.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $122M, with reported net income of $6M 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 IBEW Union Local 129 has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $109M to $123M, a gain of 12.2%, while reported participants moved from 261 to 287 (+10.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $123M; the softest was 2022 at $109M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $109M in assets across 1 plan covering 261 participants; 2023 - $117M in assets across 1 plan covering 271 participants; 2024 - $123M in assets across 1 plan covering 287 participants.

By assets, IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan outranks 92% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 1.2x 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 IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund 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)$117M
Total Assets (End of Year)$123M
Net Assets (End of Year)$122M
Net Income$6M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN346701406
Plan Effective Date1973-05-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (IBEW Union Local 129)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 261 $109M
2023 1 271 $117M
2024 1 287 $123M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan holds $123M in total assets with 287 participants. It is sponsored by IBEW Union Local 129.
What type of plan is IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan?
IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1973-05-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 346701406.
Who sponsors the IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan?
IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan is sponsored by IBEW Union Local 129, located in Michigan. The sponsor's EIN is 346701406 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan perform in 2024?
IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan edged up modestly - up 5.0% during 2024, moving from $117M to $123M in total assets. Net income was $6M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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  • IBEW Union Local 129's sponsor-wide assets have grown 12.2% 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 346701406.

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 2026-05-15.