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Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis

multiemployer plan · Carpenters Union St. Louis · Kansas City, MO

ACTIVEPBGC Covered
B
Pension Health Score
67/100
Funding Status62% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$1.3B
Total Assets
$2.1B
Total Liabilities
$801.5M
Unfunded Liability
13,580
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis is in good financial health at 62% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 62 cents in assets to cover it. This plan is also covered by the PBGC, providing an additional safety net. Participants in this plan have relatively low risk of benefit reductions.

Year-by-Year Funding

YearAssetsLiabilitiesFunding RatioContributions
2025$1.3B$2.1B61.6%$64.5M
2024$1.3B$2.3B56.4%$67.4M
2023$1.2B$1.9B65.0%$79.7M
2022$1.2B$2.3B50.7%$62.5M
2021$1.1B$2.1B51.3%$68.7M

Frequently Asked Questions

Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis is 62% funded, meaning it has 62 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is below the 80% threshold actuaries consider healthy, and may require increased contributions.

Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis has 13,580 total participants, including 5,500 active employees and 8,080 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Yes, Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis is covered by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), which provides a backstop if the plan cannot pay benefits. The PBGC risk level is currently "high."

The Pension Health Score (0-100, A-F) measures a pension plan's financial strength based on funding ratio (50%), funding trend over 3 years (30%), and PBGC risk level (20%). Higher scores indicate more secure retirement benefits.

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Pension Health Score is calculated from funding ratio, 3-year funding trend, and PBGC risk classification.