Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Metlife Group, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $7.9B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 11,969
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $663,028
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Metlife Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Metlife Group, Inc. · New Jersey · Finance & Insurance
$7.9B in assets, 11,969 participants
Metlife Group, Inc.'s Metlife Retirement Plan reported $7.9B in total assets and 11,969 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.
- #9,238 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
Metlife Retirement Plan covers 11,969 participants in New Jersey, 14x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $7.9B.
- #9,238
- in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
- -27.0%
- assets change YoY
- 80×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $2.7B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Metlife Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Metlife Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$7,935,786,279 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
Metlife Retirement 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. Metlife Retirement Plan is a mega filing (11,969 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 550790010 · Metlife Group, Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Metlife Retirement Plan · $7.9B · 11,969 · 100th
- SCH $7.9B
- SCH 11,969
- SCH 100th
- SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
- SCH near United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund
- SCH ind #9238
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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in New Jersey →
Metlife Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $10.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $7.8B |
| Net Income | -$2.7B |
| Employer EIN | 550790010 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1928-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Metlife Group, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Metlife Group, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $16.2B 8.30680678404103% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 25,731 | $15.0B |
| 2023 | 2 | 26,894 | $15.6B |
| 2024 | 2 | 27,980 | $16.2B |
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 Metlife Retirement Plan
Metlife Retirement Plan reports $7.9B in end-of-year assets across 11,969 participants (0.064% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $663,028 per participant (4.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$2.7B.
This plan identity (EIN 550790010, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $7.9B to $7.9B (-0.3%) while covered participants moved from 11,969 to 13,263 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11,969 | $7.9B | This page |
| 2023 | 12,300 | $7.9B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 13,263 | $7.9B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Metlife 401(k) Plan (401(k), $8.3B, 14,717 participants)
- Metlife Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $7.9B, 13,263 participants)
Metlife Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund in IL ($8.0B); by covered participants it is Farmers Group, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan in CA (12,052 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7.9B here).
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund (IL) $8.0B · 20,170
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla (VA) $8.1B · 7,799
- Deseret Mutual Master Retirement Plan (UT) $7.8B · 12,102
- Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I (NY) $7.7B · 11,386
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11,969 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Farmers Group, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan (CA) 12,052 · 83 off
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement Plan (MA) 11,835 · 134 off
- SEIU Affiliates Officers and Employees Pension Plan (DC) 11,828 · 141 off
- Principal Pension Plan for Certain Former Agents (IA) 11,793 · 176 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.