Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

The Eastern Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$39M
Total assets Below avg plan size
43
Participants Small participant base
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$901,649
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company · Sponsored by The Eastern Company · Connecticut · Manufacturing

$39M in assets, 43 participants

The Eastern Company's Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company reported $39M in total assets and 43 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 86th 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.

  • #16,345 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Where Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company sits by assets

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $39M for 43 participants (~$901,649/participant), down 11.9% in 2022.

#16,345
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-11.9%
assets change YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $5M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company's outsized position by total assets

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company vs every filed plan by assets

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

$38,770,907 Top 14% higher than 86% 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

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company is a small filing (43 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 060330020 · The Eastern Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company · $39M · 43 · 86th

  • VS-ST $39M
  • VS-ST 43
  • VS-ST 86th
  • VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near Retirement Plan of Liggett Group Inc. for Salaried Non-Bargaining Unit Employees
  • VS-ST ind #16345

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 Connecticut →

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company in the asset neighbourhood

Arkansas Federal Credit Union Cash Balance Defined Benefit Plan and TrustArkansas Federal Credit Unio…$39MRetirement Plan of Liggett Group Inc. for Salaried Non-Bargaining Unit EmployeesRetirement Plan of Liggett G…$39MSalaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern CompanySalaried Employees' Retireme…$39MNsf International Retirement Income PlanNsf International Retirement…$39MFarmland Dairy Consolidated Pension PlanFarmland Dairy Consolidated …$39M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$44M
Net Assets (End of Year)$39M
Net Income-$5M
Employer EIN060330020
Plan Effective Date1945-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The Eastern Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Eastern Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$111M 32.04575102152686% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$80M$90M$100M$110M$120M 202220232024 $84.1M $111M ▲ +32.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 306 $84M
2023 4 302 $109M
2024 4 573 $111M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Connecticut

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

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100000100002000030000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company, Total assets ($B): 0.038770907 · Participants: 43Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern CompanyGE Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 45.011810846 · Participants: 24626GE Pension PlanRaytheon Company Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 11.559983892 · Participants: 13495Raytheon Company Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesThe Citigroup Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.501575547 · Participants: 18484The Citigroup Pension PlanEversource Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.933906102 · Participants: 4126Eversource Pension PlanRetirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc., Total assets ($B): 5.359687499 · Participants: 11471Retirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc.
Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants
Compare Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company side-by-side with 3 peers →

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Connecticut, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan of Liggett Group Inc. for Salaried Non-Bargaining Unit Employees in FL ($39M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Timber Products Company & Affiliates in OR (43 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (43 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 Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company assets move in 2022? ▼
Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company pulled back noticeably - down 11.9% during 2022, from $44M to $39M. Reported net income was -$5M.
How have The Eastern Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Eastern Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 32.0%, from $84M to $111M.
Where does Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company ranks in the 86th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Plan of Liggett Group Inc. for Salaried Non-Bargaining Unit Employees in FL ($39M, 14 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Timber Products Company & Affiliates in OR (43 participants, $23M 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 060330020.

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.