Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $947M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 1,679
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $564,256
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. · Pennsylvania · Wholesale Trade
$947M in assets, 1,679 participants
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.'s Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan reported $947M in total assets and 1,679 participants in its 2023 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.
- #6,252 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
Coverage in Pennsylvania
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan covers 1,679 participants in Pennsylvania, 2.0x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $947M.
- #6,252
- in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
- +1.1%
- assets growth YoY
- 9.5×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$947,386,000 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan lands in the large band (1,679 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$289M in the plan year 2022 filing to $10M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 1,823 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,679 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $937M in the plan year 2022 filing to $947M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 042209186 · Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan · $947M · 1,679 · 99th
- BOY $947M
- BOY 1,679
- BOY 99th
- BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- BOY near Children's Hospital Corporation Pension Plan
- BOY ind #6252
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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Pennsylvania filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $937M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $946M |
| Net Income | $10M |
| Employer EIN | 042209186 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1987-04-06 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $11.2B 48.01370530066246% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 41,000 | $7.5B |
| 2023 | 2 | 42,781 | $8.5B |
| 2024 | 2 | 37,667 | $11.2B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Pennsylvania
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- National Elevator Industry Pension Plan $11.2B · 27,434
- Steelworkers Pension Trust $6.6B · 47,052
- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan $5.6B · 63,680
- Constellation Retirement Program $5.3B · 5,080
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan $5.3B · 7,374
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Children's Hospital Corporation Pension Plan in MA ($946M); by covered participants it is Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan in CA (1,679 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($947M here).
- Children's Hospital Corporation Pension Plan (MA) $946M · 9,284
- Pension Plan of General Atomics (CA) $945M · 12,085
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Pension Plan for Employees in Participating Bargaining Units (MD) $951M · 986
- Ball Pension Plan (CO) $951M · 1,506
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,679 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Plan (CA) 1,679 · 0 off
- Swedish Health Services Pension Plan (WA) 1,680 · 1 off
- Retirement Plan for Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland (CA) 1,678 · 1 off
- Ti Employees Pension Plan (TX) 1,685 · 6 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.