Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Willis Towers Watson US LLC Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 10,742
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $289,558
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees · Sponsored by Willis Towers Watson US LLC · Virginia · Professional & Technical Services
$3.1B in assets, 10,742 participants
Willis Towers Watson US LLC's Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees reported $3.1B in total assets and 10,742 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.
- #21,520 in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees covers 10,742 participants in Virginia, 14x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $3.1B.
- #21,520
- in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)
- -19.0%
- assets change YoY
- 31×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $733M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees's outsized position by total assets
Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$3,110,430,449 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
Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees'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. Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees is a mega filing (10,742 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 530181291 · Willis Towers Watson US LLC PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees · $3.1B · 10,742 · 100th
- IND $3.1B
- EOY 10,742
- 5500 100th
- ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PCT near Kraft Heinz Retirement Plan
- EIN ind #21520
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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Virginia →
Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees in the asset neighbourhood
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.1B |
| Net Income | -$733M |
| Employer EIN | 530181291 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1936-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Willis Towers Watson US LLC)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Willis Towers Watson US LLC plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $7.3B 9.236180031719446% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 27,366 | $6.7B |
| 2023 | 2 | 27,538 | $7.2B |
| 2024 | 3 | 27,187 | $7.3B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan $18.3B · 14,867
- Retirement Security Plan $9.4B · 54,531
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla $8.1B · 7,799
- Dominion Energy Pension Plan $7.3B · 12,832
- Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund $7.2B · 61,068
Scale composition for Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees
Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees reports $3.1B in end-of-year assets across 10,742 participants (0.025% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $289,558 per participant (2.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$733M.
This plan identity (EIN 530181291, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.1B to $2.8B (-8.7%) while covered participants moved from 10,742 to 10,677 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,742 | $3.1B | This page |
| 2023 | 10,732 | $3.1B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 10,677 | $2.8B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Willis Towers Watson Savings Plan for U.S. Employees (401(k), $4.5B, 16,510 participants)
- Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.8B, 10,677 participants)
Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Kraft Heinz Retirement Plan in PA ($3.1B); by covered participants it is Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan in NJ (10,752 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.1B here).
- Kraft Heinz Retirement Plan (PA) $3.1B · 4,924
- Msi Pension Plan (IL) $3.1B · 2,185
- Nylic Retirement Plan (NY) $3.1B · 12,315
- Emerson Electric Company Retirement Plan (MO) $3.1B · 4,763
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,742 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan (NJ) 10,752 · 10 off
- Laborers National Pension Fund (TX) 10,753 · 11 off
- Frontier Communications Pension Plan (CT) 10,653 · 89 off
- Western Conference of Teamsters Supp Benefit Plan (CA) 10,846 · 104 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.