Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $5.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 22,597
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $222,046
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Nationwide Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company · Ohio · Finance & Insurance
$5.0B in assets, 22,597 participants
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company's Nationwide Retirement Plan reported $5.0B in total assets and 22,597 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.
- #9,219 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
Coverage in Ohio
Nationwide Retirement Plan covers 22,597 participants in Ohio, 30x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $5.0B.
- #9,219
- in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
- -26.7%
- assets change YoY
- 50×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1.9B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Nationwide Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Nationwide Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$5,017,579,718 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
Nationwide 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. Nationwide Retirement Plan is a mega filing (22,597 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 314177100 · Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Nationwide Retirement Plan · $5.0B · 22,597 · 100th
- SCH $5.0B
- EBSA 22,597
- PART 100th
- TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
- NET near New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan
- BOOK ind #9219
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 Ohio →
Nationwide Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Ohio filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $6.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.9B |
| Net Income | -$1.9B |
| Employer EIN | 314177100 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1946-03-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $12.7B 7.918645211164978% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 46,875 | $11.8B |
| 2023 | 2 | 47,026 | $12.9B |
| 2024 | 3 | 47,435 | $12.7B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan $7.6B · 12,346
- American Electric Power System Retirement Plan $4.5B · 15,837
- Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan $3.4B · 9,749
- Laborers District Council & Contractors Pension Fund of Ohio $2.6B · 13,583
- Pension Plan for Eaton Corporation Employees $2.6B · 9,767
Scale composition for Nationwide Retirement Plan
Nationwide Retirement Plan reports $5.0B in end-of-year assets across 22,597 participants (0.041% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.024% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $222,046 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.9B.
This plan identity (EIN 314177100, plan #333) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $5.0B to $908M (-81.9%) while covered participants moved from 22,597 to 18,007 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22,597 | $5.0B | This page |
| 2023 | 22,311 | $5.3B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 18,007 | $908M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Nationwide Savings Plan (401(k), $8.3B, 24,370 participants)
- Nationwide Retirement Plan - Final Average Pay (Defined Benefit (Pension), $3.5B, 5,058 participants)
- Nationwide Retirement Plan - Account Balance (Defined Benefit (Pension), $908M, 18,007 participants)
Nationwide Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan in NY ($5.0B); by covered participants it is Intel Minimum Pension Plan in CA (22,136 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($5.0B here).
- New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan (NY) $5.0B · 18,592
- Textron Master Retirement Plan (RI) $5.0B · 7,702
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan (PA) $5.0B · 8,098
- Southern California Ufcw Unions and Food Employers Joint Pension Trust Fund (CA) $4.9B · 56,802
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (22,597 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Intel Minimum Pension Plan (CA) 22,136 · 461 off
- Construction Laborers Pension Trust Fund for Southern California (CA) 22,100 · 497 off
- Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan (OR) 23,156 · 559 off
- Laborers Pension Trust Fund for Northern California (CA) 21,850 · 747 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.