Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Ball Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$335M
Total assets Above avg plan size
4,799
Participants Above avg headcount
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$69,770
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. · Sponsored by Ball Corporation · Colorado · Manufacturing

$335M in assets, 4,799 participants

Ball Corporation's Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. reported $335M in total assets and 4,799 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • #17,657 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Colorado

Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. covers 4,799 participants in Colorado, 13x the typical Colorado plan (state average ~376 per filing). Assets: $335M.

#17,657
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+8.4%
assets growth YoY
3.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.'s outsized position by total assets

Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. vs every filed plan by assets

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

$334,826,019 Top 4% higher than 96% 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

Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.'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. Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. lands in the large band (4,799 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. reported net income rose from -$174M in the plan year 2022 filing to $26M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. reported participants fell from 5,619 in the plan year 2022 filing to 4,799 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. end-of-year assets rose from $309M in the plan year 2022 filing to $335M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 350160610 · Ball Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. · $335M · 4,799 · 96th

  • IND $335M
  • IND 4,799
  • IND 96th
  • IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan
  • IND ind #17657

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 Colorado →

Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Colorado filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$309M
Net Assets (End of Year)$335M
Net Income$26M
Employer EIN350160610
Plan Effective Date1986-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ball Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ball Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.4B 13.790445634123504% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B 202220232024 $3.93B $3.39B ▼ -13.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 21,973 $3.9B
2023 4 19,981 $4.3B
2024 3 14,066 $3.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Colorado

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

Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 00.511.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Total assets ($B): 0.334826019 · Participants: 4799Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.28371737 · Participants: 39434Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension PlanBall Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.95106192 · Participants: 1506Ball Pension PlanPcs U.S. Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.853837683 · Participants: 1340Pcs U.S. Employees' Pension PlanMedianews Group Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.434038888 · Participants: 213Medianews Group Pension PlanNational Renewable Energy Laboratory Shared Security Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.406218917 · Participants: 2822National Renewable Energy Laboratory Shared Security Pension Plan
Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants
Compare Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. side-by-side with 3 peers →

Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Colorado, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan in TX ($335M); by covered participants it is Pacific Coast Roofers Pension Plan in CA (4,794 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,799 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 Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. assets move in 2023? ▼
Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. grew at a solid clip - up 8.4% during 2023, from $309M to $335M. Reported net income was $26M.
How have Ball Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ball Corporation's sponsor-wide assets declined 13.8%, from $3.9B to $3.4B.
Where does Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. ranks in the 96th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan in TX ($335M, 9,508 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ball Corporation Pension Plan as It Applies to Certain Salaried Employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pacific Coast Roofers Pension Plan in CA (4,794 participants, $639M 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 350160610.

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.