Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Ball Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $309M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 5,619
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 97th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $54,954
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. · Sponsored by Ball Corporation · Colorado · Manufacturing
$309M in assets, 5,619 participants
Ball Corporation's Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. reported $309M in total assets and 5,619 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- #19,563 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Colorado
Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. covers 5,619 participants in Colorado, 15x the typical Colorado plan (state average ~376 per filing). Assets: $309M.
- #19,563
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -36.0%
- assets change YoY
- 3.1×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $174M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.'s outsized position by total assets
Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$308,786,566 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.'s large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. lands in the large band (5,619 participants).
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 350160610 · Ball Corporation PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. · $309M · 5,619 · 97th
- NET $309M
- NET 5,619
- NET 97th
- NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
- NET near Retirement Income Plan for Employees of Armstrong Flooring, Inc.
- NET ind #19563
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 Colorado →
Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in the asset neighbourhood
Colorado filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $483M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $308M |
| Net Income | -$174M |
| Employer EIN | 350160610 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1986-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Ball Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Ball Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.4B 13.790445634123504% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 21,973 | $3.9B |
| 2023 | 4 | 19,981 | $4.3B |
| 2024 | 3 | 14,066 | $3.4B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Colorado
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension Plan $1.2B · 39,196
- Ball Pension Plan $950M · 1,920
- Pcs U.S. Employees' Pension Plan $848M · 1,472
- Employees' and Agents' Pension Benefits Plan Empower Holdings, Inc. $394M · 265
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory Shared Security Pension Plan $385M · 2,480
Scale composition for Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. reports $309M in end-of-year assets across 5,619 participants (0.003% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $54,954 per participant (40% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$174M.
This plan identity (EIN 350160610, plan #039) has 2 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2023 , with end-of-year assets moving from $309M to $335M (+8.4%) while covered participants moved from 5,619 to 4,799 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,619 | $309M | This page |
| 2023 · index core | 4,799 | $335M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (401(k), $2.3B, 9,935 participants)
- Ball Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $901M, 1,243 participants)
- Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (Defined Benefit (Pension), $335M, 4,799 participants)
- Ball Corporation Consolidated Hourly Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $165M, 2,888 participants)
Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Colorado, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Income Plan for Employees of Armstrong Flooring, Inc. in FL ($309M); by covered participants it is Sheet Metal Workers Pension Plan of Northern California in CA (5,634 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($309M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,619 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Sheet Metal Workers Pension Plan of Northern California (CA) 5,634 · 15 off
- Hawaii Pacific Health Retirement Plan (HI) 5,589 · 30 off
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of Kansas City (MO) 5,650 · 31 off
- Carpenters Pension and Annuity Plan of Philadelphia and Vicinity (PA) 5,652 · 33 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.