Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Lee Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2M
Total assets Small plan by assets
9
Participants Small participant base
31st
Percentile by assets National rank
$184,346
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. · Sponsored by Lee Enterprises, Inc. · Iowa · Information & Media

$2M in assets, 9 participants

Lee Enterprises, Inc.'s Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. reported $2M in total assets and 9 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 31st 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.

  • #497 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)

Lee Enterprises, Inc. multi-year trail

Lee Enterprises, Inc.'s plans moved -31.2% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. at $2M / 9 participants.

#497
in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
-34.6%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $693K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. among the smaller filed plans by assets

Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,659,110 31st percentile higher than 31% 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

Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. among micro filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. is a micro filing (9 participants), the leftmost band.

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 420823980 · Lee Enterprises, Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. · $2M · 9 · 31st

  • RANK $2M
  • RANK 9
  • RANK 31st
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Richard a. Zoumalan, M.D., Inc. Defined Benefit Plan
  • RANK ind #497

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Iowa →

Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. in the asset neighbourhood

Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc.Pension Plan for Employees o…$2MRichard a. Zoumalan, M.D., Inc. Defined Benefit PlanRichard a. Zoumalan, M.D., I…$2MChicago Medical Society Pension PlanChicago Medical Society Pens…$2MOlarte-Foussard & Co., Inc. Pension PlanOlarte-Foussard & Co., Inc. …$2MImperial Gas Resources LLC Cash Balance Pension PlanImperial Gas Resources LLC C…$2M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Lee Enterprises, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Lee Enterprises, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$442M 31.24147324850351% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$400M$500M$600M$700M 202220232024 $642M $442M ▼ -31.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 5,241 $642M
2023 2 4,418 $629M
2024 1 3,415 $442M

Lee Enterprises, Inc. filing trail (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3M
Net Assets (End of Year)N/A
Net Income-$693K
Employer EIN420823980
Plan Effective Date1961-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Iowa

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

Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -0.500.511.522.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc., Total assets ($B): 0.00165911 · Participants: 9Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc.Transamerica Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.230658092 · Participants: 6789Transamerica Pension PlanPrincipal Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.549488797 · Participants: 11788Principal Cash Balance PlanMidamerican Energy Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.490129749 · Participants: 3321Midamerican Energy Company Retirement PlanEmployers Mutual Casualty Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.320738549 · Participants: 2037Employers Mutual Casualty Company Retirement PlanNon-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Wellmark, Inc., Total assets ($B): 0.286934779 · Participants: 1641Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Wellmark, Inc.
Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants
Compare Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. side-by-side with 3 peers →

Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc.'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Iowa, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Richard a. Zoumalan, M.D., Inc. Defined Benefit Plan in CA ($2M); by covered participants it is Teamsters Union Local 970 Pension Plan for Metal-Matic, Inc. in MN (9 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9 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 Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. assets move in 2022? ▼
Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc. contracted severely - down 34.6% during 2022, from $3M to $2M. Reported net income was -$693K.
How have Lee Enterprises, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Lee Enterprises, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 31.2%, from $642M to $442M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Richard a. Zoumalan, M.D., Inc. Defined Benefit Plan in CA ($2M, 2 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Pension Plan for Employees of Sioux City Newspapers, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Teamsters Union Local 970 Pension Plan for Metal-Matic, Inc. in MN (9 participants, N/A in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 420823980.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.