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Service provider · Schedule C, plan year 2024
Principal Global Investors, LLC
Most often reported for investment advisory and management
Form 5500 information is as filed by the plan administrator with the Department of Labor and may be amended. Figures reflect the plan year shown, not current balances. Schedule C lists only providers a plan paid $5,000 or more, and is filed only by plans with 100 or more participants.
For plan year 2024, 70 retirement plans with 100 or more participants reported paying Principal Global Investors, LLC $5,000 or more. Those plans cover 138,609 participant records, and the service most often reported is investment advisory and management.
Reported compensation from those plans, direct and indirect, totalled $3.4M. Per plan, the median was $40.90 per participant, with the middle half of plans between $25.86 and $66.79. These are amounts plans reported paying this organisation, not a price list: they depend on which services each plan buys and on how much is paid through fund expenses instead.
Its client plans are most numerous in New York (8), California (7) and Texas (6).
In 2009 it appeared on 23 such filings; in 2024, 76. Yearly counts include every filing that names it, so they can run slightly above the number of plans with pages here, and name or EIN changes after mergers can break the series.
Reported compensation per plan
| Across this provider's plans | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation per participant | $25.86 | $40.90 | $66.79 |
| Compensation as a share of plan net assets | 0.03% | 0.06% | 0.09% |
What each plan reported paying this organisation, not the plan's total cost. For reference, the median US defined contribution plan reported $123 per participant to all Schedule C providers combined.
Plans served by year
Matched by employer identification number. A merger or a change of filing entity starts a new series, so a drop to zero is not a loss of clients by itself.
By state
By plan size
Services reported
Largest plans naming this provider
| Plan | Sponsor | State | Participants | Net assets | Reported to this provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Integrated Group Pension Plan | Board of Trustees of National Integrated Group Pension Plan | PA | 46,326 | $1.59B | $211K |
| Abbott - Abbvie Multiple Employer Pension Plan | Abbott Laboratories | IL | 23,300 | $4.22B | $954K |
| Phillips 66 Retirement Plan | Phillips 66 Company | TX | 15,952 | $2.20B | $38K |
| Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan | Southern California Gas Company | CA | 12,106 | $2.36B | $329K |
| San Diego Gas & Electric Company Cash Balance Plan | San Diego Gas & Electric Company | CA | 6,335 | $842M | $99K |
| Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Unions 502 & 633 Pens | Joint Board of Trustees Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Unions | MI | 4,427 | $610M | $58K |
| Long Island Electric Utility Servco LLC Retirement Income Plan | Long Island Electric Utility Servco LLC | NY | 2,637 | $513M | $176K |
| Sempra Cash Balance Plan | Sempra | CA | 2,170 | $238M | $26K |
| Glen Raven, Inc. Pension Plan | Glen Raven, Inc. | NC | 1,835 | $178M | $24K |
| D & H Employee Stock Ownership Plan | D & H Corporate Group Inc. | PA | 1,631 | $239M | $0 |
| Retirement Plan for Employees of White Plains Hospital Medical Center | White Plains Hospital Center C/o Human Resource Committee | NY | 1,387 | $121M | $289K |
| St. John's Riverside Hospital Retirement Assistance Plan | St. John's Riverside Hospital | NY | 1,274 | $148M | $43K |
| Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. Employees Pension Plan | Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. | CA | 1,136 | $70.0M | $14K |
| Painters Local Union 802 Retirement Plan | Trustees of Painters Local Union 802 | WI | 1,095 | $81.1M | $32K |
| Onesource Employees' Retirement Pension Plan | Onesource Holdings, LLC | TX | 923 | $5.6M | $7,144 |
| Alon USA Pension Plan | Alon USA GP, LLC | TN | 904 | $97.5M | $36K |
| Houghton International Inc. Pension Plan | Houghton International Inc. | PA | 762 | $60.4M | $26K |
| Sumitomo Machinery Corporation of America Pension Plan | Sumitomo Machinery Corporation of America | VA | 609 | $55.6M | $25K |
| Louis Dreyfus Pension Plan | Louis Dreyfus Company LLC | CT | 604 | $81.7M | $13K |
| Pension Plan for Salaried and Production Employees of Vallourec Star, LP | Vallourec Star, LP | TX | 593 | $51.7M | $24K |
| Retirement Plan for Employees of Louisiana Machinery Company, L.L.C. | Louisiana Machinery Company, L.L.C. | LA | 505 | $24.0M | $14K |
| Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Nebraska Employee Retirement Plan | Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. of NE | NE | 503 | $101M | $34K |
| Concentric Rockford Inc. Employees' Pension Plan | Concentric Rockford Inc. | IL | 470 | $30.0M | $16K |
| Third Federal Savings Retirement Plan | Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland | OH | 416 | $77.1M | $149K |
| Wyle Inc. Retirement Plan | Wyle Inc. | CA | 414 | $7.0M | $6,280 |
| Sonesta International Hotels Corporation Pension Plan | Sonesta International Hotels Corporation | MA | 414 | $23.0M | $14K |
| Durham Retirement Plan | Ratp Dev USA, Inc. | TX | 406 | $20.6M | $6,041 |
| Durham Retirement Plan | Ratp Dev USA, Inc. | TX | 406 | $20.6M | $6,041 |
| Germania Companies Employees Defined Benefit Pension Plan | Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association | TX | 366 | $85.5M | $190K |
| The Summit Federal Credit Union Pension Plan | Summit Federal Credit Union | NY | 354 | $34.9M | $18K |
| Foley & Lardner LLP Pension Plan | Foley & Lardner LLP | WI | 346 | $44.8M | $27K |
| Grede Wisconsin LLC Retirement Income Plan | Grede Wisconsin Subsidiaries, LLC | MI | 343 | $10.2M | $8,870 |
| Pension Plan of United Way Worldwide | United Way Worldwide | VA | 341 | $31.5M | $17K |
| Retirement Plan for Employees of Southampton Hospital Association | Southampton Hospital Association | NY | 336 | $21.8M | $1,500 |
| Retirement Plan of Easter Seals Alabama, Inc. | Easter Seals Alabama, Inc. | AL | 332 | $16.1M | $11K |
| Columbia Memorial Hospital Retirement Plan | Columbia Memorial Hospital | OR | 323 | $50.4M | $24K |
| Nasco Pension Plan | Nasco Education LLC | WI | 321 | $15.1M | $11K |
| Group Pension Plan for Employees of Acnb Bank | Acnb Bank | PA | 319 | $46.4M | $21K |
| Spencer Savings Bank, Sla Employees' Pension Plan | Spencer Savings Bank, Sla | NJ | 316 | $75.8M | $1,500 |
| SNF Holding Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan | SNF Holding Company | GA | 307 | $72.0M | $28K |
Questions and answers
How many plans does Principal Global Investors, LLC serve?
70 plans with 100 or more participants named it on Schedule C for plan year 2024. Plans that paid it under $5,000, small plans that file Form 5500-SF, and plans whose filings spell its name without an EIN under a different form are not counted.
What do plans pay Principal Global Investors, LLC?
The median plan reported $40.90 per participant in direct and indirect compensation (69 plans reporting an amount), or 0.06% of plan net assets. Eligible indirect compensation disclosed to the plan by formula is not reported as a dollar amount, so many filings understate what a provider receives.
What services are reported?
The service codes most often attached to it are Investment advisory (plan) (61 plans), Investment management (10 plans) and Trustee (directed) (1 plans).
Where does this come from?
Schedule C of Form 5500, Part I line 2, from the EBSA research files with filings received through 24 Aug 2026. Individuals named on Schedule C are excluded from this site.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Form 5500 research files, Schedule C Part I line 2, public domain, with filings received through 24 Aug 2026. Rows are grouped by the provider's EIN as entered by each plan; rows without an EIN join the EIN most often filed under the same name. Providers named on fewer than 25 plans have no page. See the methodology and corrections.