Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Pfizer Inc Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $10.9B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 10,752
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.0M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan · Sponsored by Pfizer Inc · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$10.9B in assets, 10,752 participants
Pfizer Inc's Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan reported $10.9B in total assets and 10,752 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.
- #20,558 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan covers 10,752 participants in New Jersey, 13x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $10.9B.
- #20,558
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -33.8%
- assets change YoY
- 109×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $5.5B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$10,867,903,861 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
Pfizer Consolidated Pension 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. Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan is a mega filing (10,752 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 135315170 · Pfizer Inc PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan · $10.9B · 10,752 · 100th
- BOOK $10.9B
- BOOK 10,752
- BOOK 100th
- BOOK Defined Benefit (Pension)
- BOOK near The Lilly Retirement Plan
- BOOK ind #20558
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 New Jersey →
Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $16.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $10.9B |
| Net Income | -$5.5B |
| Employer EIN | 135315170 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1943-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Pfizer Inc)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Pfizer Inc plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $32.0B 10.856170522511556% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 39,879 | $28.8B |
| 2023 | 4 | 39,678 | $30.6B |
| 2024 | 4 | 42,215 | $32.0B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson $19.8B · 38,100
- JPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan $14.8B · 102,340
- Nokia Retirement Income Plan $14.5B · 7,413
- The Prudential Merged Retirement Plan $12.3B · 17,538
- Verizon Pension Plan for Associates $10.9B · 25,746
Scale composition for Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan
Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan reports $10.9B in end-of-year assets across 10,752 participants (0.088% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $1.0M per participant (7.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$5.5B.
This plan identity (EIN 135315170, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $10.9B to $10.0B (-8.3%) while covered participants moved from 10,752 to 8,876 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,752 | $10.9B | This page |
| 2023 | 9,616 | $11.0B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,876 | $10.0B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Pfizer Savings Plan (401(k), $22.0B, 33,309 participants)
- Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $10.0B, 8,876 participants)
Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Lilly Retirement Plan in IN ($11.2B); by covered participants it is Laborers National Pension Fund in TX (10,753 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($10.9B here).
- The Lilly Retirement Plan (IN) $11.2B · 16,878
- The Citigroup Pension Plan (CT) $10.5B · 18,484
- National Elevator Industry Pension Plan (PA) $10.4B · 27,097
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (CA) $10.4B · 19,326
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,752 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Laborers National Pension Fund (TX) 10,753 · 1 off
- Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees (VA) 10,742 · 10 off
- Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members (VA) 10,724 · 28 off
- Retirement Plan of Carilion Clinic (VA) 10,722 · 30 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.