Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Caterpillar Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $9.5B
- Total assets
- 12,815
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $744,533
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan · Sponsored by Caterpillar Inc. · Texas · Manufacturing
$9.5B in assets, 12,815 participants
Caterpillar Inc.'s Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported $9.5B in total assets and 12,815 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- #20,581 in Manufacturing (20,629 peers)
Coverage in Texas
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan covers 12,815 participants in Texas, 18x the typical Texas plan (state average ~704 per filing). Assets: $9.5B.
- $9.5B
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 12,815
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- $744,533
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $3.6B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Participants vs Texas filers
In Texas, the average filing covers about 704 participants across 9,718 plans. Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan reports 12,815 participants - 18x that state average ($9.5B EOY assets).
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $13.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $9.5B |
| Net Income | -$3.6B |
| Employer EIN | 370602744 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1959-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Caterpillar Inc.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 59,865 | $26.6B |
| 2023 | 6 | 62,525 | $29.7B |
| 2024 | 6 | 64,709 | $31.2B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
- AT&T Pension Benefit Plan $41.0B · 119,463
- Shell Pension Plan $14.6B · 12,912
- Exxonmobil Pension Plan $11.6B · 23,661
- Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan $5.4B · 9,156
- Usaa Pension Plan $4.9B · 31,143
Scale composition for Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan reports $9.5B in end-of-year assets across 12,815 participants (0.082% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.014% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $744,533 per participant (5.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$3.6B.
This plan identity (EIN 370602744, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $9.5B to $9.2B (-3.6%) while covered participants moved from 12,815 to 11,498 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12,815 | $9.5B | This page |
| 2023 | 12,138 | $9.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 11,498 | $9.2B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $18.8B, 43,873 participants)
- Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $9.2B, 11,498 participants)
- Caterpillar Inc. Non-Contributory Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.4B, 1,749 participants)
- Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan (401(k), $749M, 7,176 participants)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan by total assets, not by location.
- UPS Pension Plan (GA) $9.6B · 151,682
- Merck US Pension Plan (NJ) $9.6B · 23,981
- Retirement Security Plan (VA) $9.4B · 54,531
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D (CA) $9.2B · 11,405
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas. Compare plans
- Caterpillar Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 17.5% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans