Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Johnson and Johnson Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $19.8B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 38,100
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $520,553
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson · Sponsored by Johnson and Johnson · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$19.8B in assets, 38,100 participants
Johnson and Johnson's Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson reported $19.8B in total assets and 38,100 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.
- #20,591 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson covers 38,100 participants in New Jersey, 45x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $19.8B.
- #20,591
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -25.1%
- assets change YoY
- 199×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $6.7B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson's outsized position by total assets
Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$19,833,052,673 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
Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson'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. Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson is a mega filing (38,100 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 221024240 · Johnson and Johnson PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson · $19.8B · 38,100 · 100th
- ASSETS $19.8B
- ASSETS 38,100
- ASSETS 100th
- ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
- ASSETS near Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan
- ASSETS ind #20591
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 →
Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $26.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $19.8B |
| Net Income | -$6.7B |
| Employer EIN | 221024240 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1976-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Johnson and Johnson)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Johnson and Johnson plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $46.3B 8.602657274734685% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 89,338 | $42.6B |
| 2023 | 5 | 88,565 | $45.0B |
| 2024 | 5 | 89,848 | $46.3B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- 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
- Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan $10.9B · 10,752
Scale composition for Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson
Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson reports $19.8B in end-of-year assets across 38,100 participants (0.16% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.041% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $520,553 per participant (3.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$6.7B.
This plan identity (EIN 221024240, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $19.8B to $21.1B (+6.4%) while covered participants moved from 38,100 to 37,882 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 38,100 | $19.8B | This page |
| 2023 | 37,749 | $21.2B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 37,882 | $21.1B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Johnson and Johnson Savings Plan (401(k), $23.6B, 42,583 participants)
- Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson (Defined Benefit (Pension), $21.1B, 37,882 participants)
- Johnson & Johnson Retirement Plan for Puerto Rico Employees (Defined Benefit (Pension), $682M, 3,876 participants)
- Johnson and Johnson Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $540M, 4,562 participants)
Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan in MI ($19.3B); by covered participants it is Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan in NC (37,931 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($19.8B here).
- Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan (MI) $19.3B · 27,567
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program (MD) $18.8B · 21,647
- The Bank of America Pension Plan (RI) $18.8B · 59,906
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan (VA) $18.3B · 14,867
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (38,100 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan (NC) 37,931 · 169 off
- 1199seiu Home Care Employees Pension Fund (NY) 38,318 · 218 off
- Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension Plan (CO) 39,196 · 1,096 off
- The Adjustable Plan of the Unite Here Retirement (NY) 39,683 · 1,583 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.