Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Caterpillar Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $9.5B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 12,815
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $744,533
- Avg per participant High balance/head
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.
- #20,554 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Texas
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan covers 12,815 participants in Texas, 19x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $9.5B.
- #20,554
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -27.4%
- assets change YoY
- 96×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
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.
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan's outsized position by total assets
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$9,541,187,279 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan is a mega filing (12,815 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 370602744 · Caterpillar Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan · $9.5B · 12,815 · 100th
- 5500 $9.5B
- 5500 12,815
- 5500 100th
- 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
- 5500 near UPS Pension Plan
- 5500 ind #20554
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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan in the asset neighbourhood
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.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Caterpillar Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $31.2B 17.462816221366566% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| 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.
- 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 (0.077% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.014% of 93,925,755 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)
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is UPS Pension Plan in GA ($9.6B); by covered participants it is Nestle Pension Plan in OH (12,813 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($9.5B here).
- 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
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,815 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Nestle Pension Plan (OH) 12,813 · 2 off
- Dominion Energy Pension Plan (VA) 12,832 · 17 off
- Verizon Management Pension Plan (NJ) 12,977 · 162 off
- Operating Engineers Pension Trust (CA) 12,640 · 175 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.