Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Knife River Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$27M
Total assets Below avg plan size
31
Participants Small participant base
77th
Percentile by assets National rank
$857,559
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan · Sponsored by Knife River Corporation · North Dakota · Construction

$27M in assets, 31 participants

Knife River Corporation's Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan reported $27M in total assets and 31 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 77th 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.

  • #6,861 in Construction (9,030 peers)

Where Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan sits by assets

Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $27M for 31 participants (~$857,559/participant), up 8.7% in 2023.

#6,861
in Construction (9,030 peers)
+8.7%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$26,584,342 Top 23% higher than 77% of 127,068 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 2023

Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan is a small filing (31 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 921008893 · Knife River Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan · $27M · 31 · 77th

  • PCT $27M
  • PCT 31
  • PCT 77th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near Ingevity Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargained Hourly Employees
  • PCT ind #6861

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 Construction retirement plans → · Plans in North Dakota →

Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$24M
Net Assets (End of Year)$27M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN921008893
Plan Effective Date1979-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Knife River Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Knife River Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$881M 14.777336053264388% vs 2023
2024 filing year
$750M$800M$850M$900M 20232024 $768M $881M ▲ +14.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2023 2 5,300 $768M
2024 2 5,351 $881M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in North Dakota

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

Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Dakota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500050010001500 20406080100120 Total assets ($M) Participants Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($M): 26.584342 · Participants: 31Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension PlanClark Equipment Company Retirement Plan (Plan 50), Total assets ($M): 106.226001 · Participants: 134Clark Equipment Company Retirement Plan (Plan 50)Clark Equipment Company - Melroe Division, Gwinner, Nd Plant Hourly-Rate Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($M): 104.002587 · Participants: 1028Clark Equipment Company - Melroe Division, Gwinner, Nd Plant Hourly-Rate Employees' Pension PlanMdu Resources Group, Inc. Pension Plan for Non-Bargaining Unit Employees, Total assets ($M): 97.881913 · Participants: 137Mdu Resources Group, Inc. Pension Plan for Non-Bargaining Unit EmployeesAltru Health System Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($M): 92.059035 · Participants: 1417Altru Health System Cash Balance PlanDoosan Pension Plan Number One, Total assets ($M): 58.819411 · Participants: 420Doosan Pension Plan Number One
Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Dakota, assets vs. participants
Compare Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Dakota, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Ingevity Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargained Hourly Employees in SC ($27M); by covered participants it is Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Pension Plan for Nonschedule Employees in MO (31 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (31 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 8.7% during 2023, from $24M to $27M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Knife River Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2023-2024), Knife River Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 14.8%, from $768M to $881M.
Where does Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan ranks in the 77th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ingevity Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargained Hourly Employees in SC ($27M, 321 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Knife River Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Pension Plan for Nonschedule Employees in MO (31 participants, $39M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 921008893.

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.