Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $246M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 433
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 96th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $567,999
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees · Sponsored by Packaging Corporation of America · Illinois · Manufacturing
$246M in assets, 433 participants
Packaging Corporation of America's Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees reported $246M in total assets and 433 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.
- #19,369 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Where Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees sits by assets
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $246M for 433 participants (~$567,999/participant), down 21.1% in 2022.
- #19,369
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -21.1%
- assets change YoY
- 2.5×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $66M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees's outsized position by total assets
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$245,943,736 Top 4% higher than 96% 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
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees sits mid-pack in the medium band (433 participants).
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 364277050 · Packaging Corporation of America PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees · $246M · 433 · 96th
- VS-ST $246M
- BOY 433
- SCH 96th
- EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PART near Alaska Airlines, Inc., Retirement Plan for Mechanics & Related Crafts Employees
- TYPE ind #19369
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 →
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2022)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $312M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $246M |
| Net Income | -$66M |
| Employer EIN | 364277050 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2004-05-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Packaging Corporation of America)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Packaging Corporation of America plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4.0B 22.235714965809493% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 20,251 | $3.3B |
| 2023 | 5 | 20,299 | $3.7B |
| 2024 | 5 | 19,472 | $4.0B |
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
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Alaska Airlines, Inc., Retirement Plan for Mechanics & Related Crafts Employees in WA ($246M); by covered participants it is Stmicroelectronics, Inc. Retirement Plan in TX (433 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($246M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (433 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Stmicroelectronics, Inc. Retirement Plan (TX) 433 · 0 off
- Schlumberger Pension Plan for U.S. Taxpayers Employed Abroad (TX) 433 · 0 off
- Plumbers Local Union No. 16 Pension Plan (NE) 433 · 0 off
- Hawaii Truckers-Teamsters Union Pension Plan (HI) 433 · 0 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.