Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Michigan Education Association Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $700M
- Total assets
- 536
- Participants
- 98th
- Percentile by assets
- $1.3M
- Avg per participant
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.
- 98th percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- #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.
- $700M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 536
- covered participants
- 98th
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $1.3M
- avg assets per participant
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.
Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust outranks 98% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 7.0x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
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)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 1,076 | $689M |
| 2023 | 2 | 1,088 | $756M |
| 2024 | 2 | 1,071 | $754M |
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Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
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- Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan $12.1B · 8,585
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- Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement $10.3B · 12,752
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Mea-Messa-Mea Financial Services Staff Retirement Plan & Trust by total assets, not by location.
- 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
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