Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Local 1109 Pension Fund Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$27M
Total assets Below avg plan size
24
Participants Small participant base
76th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.1M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund · Sponsored by Local 1109 Pension Fund · New York · Other Services

$27M in assets, 24 participants

Local 1109 Pension Fund's Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund reported $27M in total assets and 24 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 76th 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.

  • #6,753 in Other Services (7,719 peers)

Where Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund sits by assets

Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $27M for 24 participants (~$1.1M/participant), down 5.5% in 2024.

#6,753
in Other Services (7,719 peers)
-5.5%
assets change YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund's outsized position by total assets

Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund vs every filed plan by assets

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

$27,278,120 Top 24% higher than 76% 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

Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund is a small filing (24 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund reported net income fell from $1M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund reported participants fell from 29 in the plan year 2023 filing to 24 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund end-of-year assets fell from $29M in the plan year 2023 filing to $27M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 226298155 · Local 1109 Pension Fund PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund · $27M · 24 · 76th

  • VS-ST $27M
  • BOY 24
  • SCH 76th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Ingevity Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargained Hourly Employees
  • TYPE ind #6753

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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$29M
Net Assets (End of Year)$27M
Net Income-$2M
Employer EIN226298155
Plan Effective Date1976-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Local 1109 Pension Fund)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Local 1109 Pension Fund plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$27M 2.2154354611270426% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$27M$27.5M$28M$28.5M$29M$29.5M 202220232024 $27.9M $27.3M ▼ -2.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 35 $28M
2023 1 29 $29M
2024 1 24 $27M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 0.02727812 · Participants: 24Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension FundIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.919858993 · Participants: 48014IBM Personal Pension Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.913316696 · Participants: 1118331199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.588456377 · Participants: 10608Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.970337119 · Participants: 8876Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanGE Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.92290143 · Participants: 5829GE Energy Pension Plan
Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund side-by-side with 3 peers →

Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Ingevity Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargained Hourly Employees in SC ($27M); by covered participants it is Employees' Retirement Plan of Centrus Energy Corp. in MD (24 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (24 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 Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund assets move in 2024? ▼
Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund pulled back noticeably - down 5.5% during 2024, from $29M to $27M. Reported net income was -$2M.
How have Local 1109 Pension Fund plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Local 1109 Pension Fund's sponsor-wide assets declined 2.2%, from $28M to $27M.
Where does Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund ranks in the 76th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ingevity Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargained Hourly Employees in SC ($27M, 299 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Communications Workers Local 1109 Pension Fund? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Employees' Retirement Plan of Centrus Energy Corp. in MD (24 participants, $6M 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 226298155.

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.