Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Michigan Education Association Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $700M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 536
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.3M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust · Sponsored by Michigan Education Association · Michigan · Professional & Technical Services
$700M in assets, 536 participants
Michigan Education Association's Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust reported $700M in total assets and 536 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- #19,886 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
Where Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust sits by assets
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $700M for 536 participants (~$1.3M/participant), down 1.1% in 2024.
- #19,886
- in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
- -1.1%
- assets change YoY
- 7.0×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust's outsized position by total assets
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$699,942,049 Top 2% higher than 98% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust sits mid-pack in the medium band (536 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust reported net income fell from $45M in the plan year 2023 filing to $11M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust reported participants rose from 524 in the plan year 2023 filing to 536 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust end-of-year assets fell from $708M in the plan year 2023 filing to $700M in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 380827000 · Michigan Education Association PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust · $700M · 536 · 98th
- PART $700M
- PART 536
- PART 98th
- PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PART near Pacific Coast Roofers Pension Plan
- PART ind #19886
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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Michigan →
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $708M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $700M |
| Net Income | $11M |
| Employer EIN | 380827000 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1948-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Michigan Education Association)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Michigan Education Association plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $754M 9.484408877194857% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 1,076 | $689M |
| 2023 | 2 | 1,088 | $756M |
| 2024 | 2 | 1,071 | $754M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan $42.5B · 15,648
- Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan $17.8B · 25,742
- Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan $12.1B · 8,585
- Dow Employees' Pension Plan $10.9B · 6,888
- Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement $10.3B · 12,752
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pacific Coast Roofers Pension Plan in CA ($700M); by covered participants it is Ziply Fiber Pension Plan in WA (536 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($700M here).
- Pacific Coast Roofers Pension Plan (CA) $700M · 5,493
- Bay Area Painters & Tapers Pension Trust (CA) $700M · 3,648
- Medstar Health, Inc. Cash Balance Retirement Plan (MD) $699M · 2,130
- Huntington Bancshares Retirement Plan (OH) $702M · 2,764
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (536 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.