Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Superior Essex, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$80M
Total assets Below avg plan size
81
Participants Small participant base
91st
Percentile by assets National rank
$989,598
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. · Sponsored by Superior Essex, Inc. · Georgia · Manufacturing

$80M in assets, 81 participants

Superior Essex, Inc.'s Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. reported $80M in total assets and 81 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st 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.

  • #17,941 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Where Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. sits by assets

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $80M for 81 participants (~$989,598/participant), down 25.1% in 2022.

#17,941
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-25.1%
assets change YoY
0.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $27M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.'s outsized position by total assets

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. vs every filed plan by assets

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

$80,157,428 Top 9% higher than 91% 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

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. is a small filing (81 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 200282396 · Superior Essex, Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. · $80M · 81 · 91st

  • TYPE $80M
  • TYPE 81
  • TYPE 91st
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • TYPE near Gannett Fleming, Inc. Pension Plan
  • TYPE ind #17941

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 Georgia →

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$107M
Net Assets (End of Year)$80M
Net Income-$27M
Employer EIN200282396
Plan Effective Date1988-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Superior Essex, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Superior Essex, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$333M 18.531949623433576% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$260M$280M$300M$320M$340M 202220232024 $281M $333M ▲ +18.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 1,884 $281M
2023 4 1,902 $313M
2024 4 1,879 $333M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Georgia

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

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 0.080157428 · Participants: 81Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.UPS Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.022408253 · Participants: 52821UPS Retirement PlanThe Southern Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.822086516 · Participants: 25663The Southern Company Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.867504693 · Participants: 68592UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.568572149 · Participants: 151682UPS Pension PlanDelta Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.354895526 · Participants: 15951Delta Retirement Plan
Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Georgia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Gannett Fleming, Inc. Pension Plan in PA ($80M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan of Allen & Company in NY (81 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($80M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (81 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 Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. assets move in 2022? ▼
Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. declined sharply - down 25.1% during 2022, from $107M to $80M. Reported net income was -$27M.
How have Superior Essex, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Superior Essex, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 18.5%, from $281M to $333M.
Where does Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. ranks in the 91st 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 Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Gannett Fleming, Inc. Pension Plan in PA ($80M, 401 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pension Plan of Allen & Company in NY (81 participants, $93M 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 200282396.

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.