Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.7B
Total assets Very large vs avg
7,085
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$380,018
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 · Sponsored by Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan · Illinois · Construction

$2.7B in assets, 7,085 participants

Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan's Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 reported $2.7B in total assets and 7,085 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.

  • #8,996 in Construction (9,039 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 covers 7,085 participants in Illinois, 9.1x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $2.7B.

#8,996
in Construction (9,039 peers)
+11.0%
assets growth YoY
27×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2's outsized position by total assets

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,692,425,271 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

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2'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. Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 lands in the large band (7,085 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 reported net income rose from $184M in the plan year 2023 filing to $266M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 end-of-year assets rose from $2.4B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.7B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 reported participants rose from 7,000 in the plan year 2023 filing to 7,085 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 516030753 · Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 · $2.7B · 7,085 · 99th

  • PART $2.7B
  • PART 7,085
  • PART 99th
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Government)
  • PART ind #8996

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 Illinois →

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 in the asset neighbourhood

Sound Retirement Trust$2.7BLaborers District Council & Contractors Pension Fund of OhioLaborers District Council & …$2.7BPaccar Inc Retirement Plan$2.7BElectrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2Electrical Contractors Assoc…$2.7BGeneral Dynamics Retirement Plan (Government)General Dynamics Retirement …$2.7B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.4B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.7B
Net Income$266M
Employer EIN516030753
Plan Effective Date1949-10-07
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6.2B 20.884012191611486% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4.5B$5B$5.5B$6B$6.5B 202220232024 $5.1B $6.16B ▲ +20.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 28,754 $5.1B
2023 2 30,108 $5.7B
2024 2 31,363 $6.2B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 01000020000300004000050000 0204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2, Total assets ($B): 2.692425271 · Participants: 7085Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.22071058 · Participants: 36799Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 37.736369487 · Participants: 41619State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesGE Healthcare Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.74052931 · Participants: 5554GE Healthcare Pension PlanAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.591907247 · Participants: 17875Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement PlanUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.17675965 · Participants: 20984United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund
Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2

Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 reports $2.7B in end-of-year assets across 7,085 participants (0.022% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $380,018 per participant (2.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $266M.

This plan identity (EIN 516030753, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.2B to $2.7B (+20.1%) while covered participants moved from 6,769 to 7,085 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,769 $2.2B Open filing
2023 7,000 $2.4B Open filing
2024 · index core 7,085 $2.7B This page

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Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Government) in VA ($2.7B); by covered participants it is The Coca-Cola Company Pension Plan in GA (7,051 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.7B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,085 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 Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 assets move in 2024? ▼
Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 grew at a solid clip - up 11.0% during 2024, from $2.4B to $2.7B. Reported net income was $266M.
How have Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Board of Trustees of Eca Chicago and Local Union 134 IBEW Pension Plan's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.9%, from $5.1B to $6.2B.
Where does Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 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 Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Government) in VA ($2.7B, 2,990 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Coca-Cola Company Pension Plan in GA (7,051 participants, $3.9B 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 516030753.

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.