Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Archer Daniels Midland Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $600M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 7,527
- Participants Very large workforce
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $79,683
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Adm Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Archer Daniels Midland Company · Illinois · Manufacturing
$600M in assets, 7,527 participants
Archer Daniels Midland Company's Adm Retirement Plan reported $600M in total assets and 7,527 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- #19,971 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Adm Retirement Plan covers 7,527 participants in Illinois, 9.7x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $600M.
- #19,971
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -22.9%
- assets change YoY
- 6.0×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $179M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Adm Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Adm Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$599,771,093 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Adm Retirement Plan'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. Adm Retirement Plan lands in the large band (7,527 participants).
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 410129150 · Archer Daniels Midland Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Adm Retirement Plan · $600M · 7,527 · 98th
- VS-ST $600M
- BOY 7,527
- SCH 98th
- EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PART near Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. Retirement Plan
- TYPE ind #19971
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 Illinois →
Adm Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $778M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $600M |
| Net Income | -$179M |
| Employer EIN | 410129150 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1943-12-28 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Archer Daniels Midland Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Archer Daniels Midland Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.9B 11.505733911639464% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 33,376 | $3.5B |
| 2023 | 4 | 35,458 | $3.8B |
| 2024 | 4 | 35,541 | $3.9B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan $42.6B · 50,096
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees $32.1B · 49,052
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund $8.0B · 20,170
- John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees $7.3B · N/A
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $6.8B · 16,809
Scale composition for Adm Retirement Plan
Adm Retirement Plan reports $600M in end-of-year assets across 7,527 participants (0.005% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $79,683 per participant (58% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$179M.
This plan identity (EIN 410129150, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $600M to $667M (+11.3%) while covered participants moved from 7,527 to 8,042 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,527 | $600M | This page |
| 2023 | 7,840 | $683M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,042 | $667M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Adm 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried Employees (401(k), $2.3B, 8,289 participants)
- Adm 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees (401(k), $702M, 9,931 participants)
- Adm Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $667M, 8,042 participants)
- Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees (Defined Benefit (Pension), $251M, 9,279 participants)
Adm Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. Retirement Plan in DE ($598M); by covered participants it is Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Cash Balance Retirement Plan in NC (7,513 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($600M here).
- Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. Retirement Plan (DE) $598M · 2,556
- Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan (VA) $601M · 992
- Mccormick Pension Plan (MD) $598M · 1,228
- The Nemours Foundation Pension Plan (FL) $602M · 1,753
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,527 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Cash Balance Retirement Plan (NC) 7,513 · 14 off
- Meijer Hourly Pension Plan (MI) 7,512 · 15 off
- Operating Engineers' Local 324 Pension Fund (MI) 7,511 · 16 off
- Smithfield Foods Hourly Pension Plan (VA) 7,506 · 21 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.