Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$113M
Total assets Near avg plan size
245
Participants Below avg headcount
93rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$463,204
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · Massachusetts · Information & Media

$113M in assets, 245 participants

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company's Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan reported $113M in total assets and 245 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 93rd 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.

  • #2,622 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan covers 245 participants in Massachusetts, about 37% of the average Massachusetts filer (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $113M.

#2,622
in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
-25.1%
assets change YoY
1.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $38M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$113,484,919 Top 7% higher than 93% 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

Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan 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. Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (245 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 041456030 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan · $113M · 245 · 93rd

  • 5500 $113M
  • 5500 245
  • 5500 93rd
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • 5500 near Sealed Air Corporation Combined Pension Plan
  • 5500 ind #2622

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 Massachusetts →

Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Buffalo Laborers Pension Fund$114MSealed Air Corporation Combined Pension PlanSealed Air Corporation Combi…$114MHoughton Mifflin Retirement PlanHoughton Mifflin Retirement …$113MPension Plan of Anne Arundel Medical CenterPension Plan of Anne Arundel…$113MNbt Bancorp Inc. Defined Benefit Pension PlanNbt Bancorp Inc. Defined Ben…$113M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$151M
Net Assets (End of Year)$113M
Net Income-$38M
Employer EIN041456030
Plan Effective Date1953-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$756M 27.715190700327806% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$550M$600M$650M$700M$750M$800M 202220232024 $592M $756M ▲ +27.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 2,393 $592M
2023 2 2,380 $698M
2024 2 3,097 $756M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -20246810 Total assets ($B) Participants Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.113484919 · Participants: 245Houghton Mifflin Retirement PlanConsolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member Organizations, Total assets ($B): 9.07532048 · Participants: 55495Consolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member OrganizationsLiberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.756596242 · Participants: 33087Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.281152611 · Participants: 11835Massachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement PlanN. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 4.758508912 · Participants: 17323N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension FundN. Atlantic States Carp. Guaranteed Annuity Fund, Total assets ($B): 3.594095954 · Participants: 10962N. Atlantic States Carp. Guaranteed Annuity Fund
Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Sealed Air Corporation Combined Pension Plan in NC ($114M); by covered participants it is Preferred Mutual Insurance Company Retirement Benefit Accumulation Plan in NY (245 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($113M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (245 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 Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan declined sharply - down 25.1% during 2022, from $151M to $113M. Reported net income was -$38M.
How have Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 27.7%, from $592M to $756M.
Where does Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan ranks in the 93rd percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Sealed Air Corporation Combined Pension Plan in NC ($114M, 792 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Houghton Mifflin Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Preferred Mutual Insurance Company Retirement Benefit Accumulation Plan in NY (245 participants, $45M 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 041456030.

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.