Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Marathon Petroleum Company LP Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.0B
Total assets Very large vs avg
17,390
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$112,571
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Marathon Petroleum Company LP · Ohio · Manufacturing

$2.0B in assets, 17,390 participants

Marathon Petroleum Company LP's Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan reported $2.0B in total assets and 17,390 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #20,377 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan covers 17,390 participants in Ohio, 23x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $2.0B.

#20,377
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-32.1%
assets change YoY
20×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $924M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$1,957,604,101 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Marathon Petroleum 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. Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan is a mega filing (17,390 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 311537655 · Marathon Petroleum Company LP PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan · $2.0B · 17,390 · 99th

  • SCH $2.0B
  • SCH 17,390
  • SCH 99th
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Hess Corporation Employees' Pension Plan
  • SCH ind #20377

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 Ohio →

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Marathon Petroleum Retirement PlanMarathon Petroleum Retiremen…$2.0BHess Corporation Employees' Pension PlanHess Corporation Employees' …$2.0BJohn Hancock Pension Plan$2.0BTwin City Hospitals - Minnesota Nurses Association Pension PlanTwin City Hospitals - Minnes…$1.9BCna Retirement Plan$1.9B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.9B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.0B
Net Income-$924M
Employer EIN311537655
Plan Effective Date1998-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Marathon Petroleum Company LP)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Marathon Petroleum Company LP plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$10.7B 25.710409990260658% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$8B$9B$10B$11B 202220232024 $8.48B $10.7B ▲ +25.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 35,136 $8.5B
2023 3 35,428 $9.7B
2024 3 36,178 $10.7B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 500010000150002000025000 02468 Total assets ($B) Participants Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.957604101 · Participants: 17390Marathon Petroleum Retirement PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.559275463 · Participants: 12346Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanNationwide Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.017579718 · Participants: 22597Nationwide Retirement PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.498685298 · Participants: 15837American Electric Power System Retirement PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.394372488 · Participants: 9749Ohio Operating Engineers Pension PlanLaborers District Council & Contractors Pension Fund of Ohio, Total assets ($B): 2.645337912 · Participants: 13583Laborers District Council & Contractors Pension Fund of Ohio
Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan reports $2.0B in end-of-year assets across 17,390 participants (0.016% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.019% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $112,571 per participant (81% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$924M.

This plan identity (EIN 311537655, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.0B to $2.2B (+12.7%) while covered participants moved from 17,390 to 17,916 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 17,390 $2.0B This page
2023 17,542 $2.1B Open filing
2024 · index core 17,916 $2.2B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Hess Corporation Employees' Pension Plan in TX ($2.0B); by covered participants it is N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund in MA (17,323 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.0B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (17,390 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan assets move in 2022?
Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan contracted severely - down 32.1% during 2022, from $2.9B to $2.0B. Reported net income was -$924M.
How have Marathon Petroleum Company LP plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Marathon Petroleum Company LP's sponsor-wide assets grew 25.7%, from $8.5B to $10.7B.
Where does Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hess Corporation Employees' Pension Plan in TX ($2.0B, 1,318 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund in MA (17,323 participants, $4.8B in assets).