Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Becton Dickinson and Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.5B
Total assets Very large vs avg
11,595
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$131,860
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bd Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Becton Dickinson and Company · New Jersey · Manufacturing

$1.5B in assets, 11,595 participants

Becton Dickinson and Company's Bd Retirement Plan reported $1.5B in total assets and 11,595 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #20,317 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in New Jersey

Bd Retirement Plan covers 11,595 participants in New Jersey, 14x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $1.5B.

#20,317
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-0.6%
assets change YoY
15×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $8M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Bd Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Bd Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,528,914,223 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Bd Retirement Plan'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. Bd Retirement Plan is a mega filing (11,595 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 220760120 · Becton Dickinson and Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Bd Retirement Plan · $1.5B · 11,595 · 99th

  • PHOTO $1.5B
  • IND 11,595
  • EOY 99th
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near Thomson Reuters Group Pension Plan
  • PCT ind #20317

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 New Jersey →

Bd Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among Bd Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

New Jersey filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.5B
Net Income-$8M
Employer EIN220760120
Plan Effective Date1953-03-15
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Becton Dickinson and Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Becton Dickinson and Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7.4B 19.866108644638025% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$6B$6.5B$7B$7.5B$8B 202220232024 $6.18B $7.41B ▲ +19.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 36,078 $6.2B
2023 2 34,568 $7.0B
2024 2 31,343 $7.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey

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

Bd Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 0510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Bd Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.528914223 · Participants: 11595Bd Retirement PlanRetirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson, Total assets ($B): 19.833052673 · Participants: 38100Retirement Plan of Johnson and JohnsonJPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.820156855 · Participants: 102340JPMorgan Chase Retirement PlanNokia Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.495801 · Participants: 7413Nokia Retirement Income PlanThe Prudential Merged Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.277296822 · Participants: 17538The Prudential Merged Retirement PlanVerizon Pension Plan for Associates, Total assets ($B): 10.941506503 · Participants: 25746Verizon Pension Plan for Associates
Bd Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants
Compare Bd Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Bd Retirement Plan

Bd Retirement Plan reports $1.5B in end-of-year assets across 11,595 participants (0.012% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.012% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $131,860 per participant (95% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$8M.

This plan identity (EIN 220760120, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.5B to $1.6B (+2.8%) while covered participants moved from 11,595 to 8,655 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 11,595 $1.5B This page
2023 9,838 $1.7B Open filing
2024 · index core 8,655 $1.6B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

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

Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Thomson Reuters Group Pension Plan in MN ($1.5B); by covered participants it is General Motors Salaried Retirement Program in MI (11,699 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.5B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11,595 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 Bd Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Bd Retirement Plan held essentially flat - down 0.6% during 2022, from $1.5B to $1.5B. Reported net income was -$8M.
How have Becton Dickinson and Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Becton Dickinson and Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 19.9%, from $6.2B to $7.4B.
Where does Bd Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bd Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Bd Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Thomson Reuters Group Pension Plan in MN ($1.5B, 2,182 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bd Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is General Motors Salaried Retirement Program in MI (11,699 participants, $3.9B 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 220760120.

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.