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IBEW Local 959 Pension Trust

multiemployer plan · IBEW Local 959 · Montpelier, VT

ACTIVEPBGC Covered
C
Pension Health Score
60/100
Funding Status74% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$1.2B
Total Assets
$1.6B
Total Liabilities
$400.3M
Unfunded Liability
19,540
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

IBEW Local 959 Pension Trust is 74% funded, which is below the 80% threshold that actuaries consider healthy. The plan has $400.3M in unfunded liabilities that must be addressed through increased contributions, investment returns, or benefit adjustments. PBGC coverage provides a backstop, but benefits could be reduced to PBGC maximums in a worst-case scenario. Current participants should monitor this plan and consider supplemental retirement savings.

Year-by-Year Funding

YearAssetsLiabilitiesFunding RatioContributions
2025$1.2B$1.6B74.2%$65.1M
2024$1.1B$1.5B75.2%$81.0M
2023$1.1B$1.4B74.3%$65.4M
2022$1.1B$1.3B80.7%$65.3M
2021$972.7M$1.2B77.9%$82.3M