Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Abbott Laboratories Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $6.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 16,809
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $402,781
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Abbott Laboratories · Illinois · Manufacturing
$6.8B in assets, 16,809 participants
Abbott Laboratories's Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan reported $6.8B in total assets and 16,809 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.
- #20,530 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan covers 16,809 participants in Illinois, 22x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $6.8B.
- #20,530
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -11.2%
- assets change YoY
- 68×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $855M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$6,770,339,506 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
Abbott Laboratories Annuity 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. Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan is a mega filing (16,809 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 360698440 · Abbott Laboratories PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan · $6.8B · 16,809 · 100th
- NET $6.8B
- BOOK 16,809
- VS-ST 100th
- BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- SCH near Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan
- EBSA ind #20530
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 →
Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $7.6B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $6.8B |
| Net Income | -$855M |
| Employer EIN | 360698440 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1945-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Abbott Laboratories)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Abbott Laboratories plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $28.6B 19.999545508889234% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 53,203 | $23.8B |
| 2023 | 3 | 55,566 | $26.4B |
| 2024 | 3 | 56,272 | $28.6B |
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
- Exelon Corporation Retirement Program $6.5B · 15,189
Scale composition for Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan reports $6.8B in end-of-year assets across 16,809 participants (0.055% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.018% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $402,781 per participant (2.9x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$855M.
This plan identity (EIN 360698440, plan #333) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $6.8B to $8.6B (+26.9%) while covered participants moved from 16,809 to 17,875 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16,809 | $6.8B | This page |
| 2023 | 17,382 | $7.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 17,875 | $8.6B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan (401(k), $15.8B, 38,229 participants)
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $8.6B, 17,875 participants)
- Abbott - Abbvie Multiple Employer Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $4.2B, 168 participants)
Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan in MA ($6.8B); by covered participants it is The Lilly Retirement Plan in IN (16,878 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($6.8B here).
- Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan (MA) $6.8B · 33,087
- United Association National Pension Fund (VA) $6.7B · 81,342
- L3harris Aviation Products Pension Plan (FL) $6.6B · 10
- Altria Retirement Plan (VA) $6.5B · 2,395
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (16,809 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Lilly Retirement Plan (IN) 16,878 · 69 off
- Pension, Hospitalization & Benefit Plan of the Electrical Industry - Pension Trust Acct (NY) 17,040 · 231 off
- Yale-New Haven Hospital Cash Account Pension Plan (CT) 16,544 · 265 off
- Corning Incorporated Pension Plan (NY) 16,541 · 268 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.