Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Pfizer Inc Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$11.0B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
9,616
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.1M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan · Sponsored by Pfizer Inc · New York · Manufacturing

$11.0B in assets, 9,616 participants

Pfizer Inc's Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan reported $11.0B in total assets and 9,616 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #18,674 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in New York

Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan covers 9,616 participants in New York, 12x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $11.0B.

#18,674
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+0.8%
assets growth YoY
110×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$10,955,262,618 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Pfizer Consolidated Pension 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. Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan lands in the large band (9,616 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$5.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $19M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan reported participants fell from 10,752 in the plan year 2022 filing to 9,616 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $10.9B in the plan year 2022 filing to $11.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 135315170 · Pfizer Inc PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan · $11.0B · 9,616 · 100th

  • RANK $11.0B
  • RANK 9,616
  • RANK 100th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Verizon Pension Plan for Associates
  • RANK ind #18674

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 York →

Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$10.9B
Net Assets (End of Year)$10.9B
Net Income$19M
Employer EIN135315170
Plan Effective Date1943-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Pfizer Inc)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Pfizer Inc plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$32.0B 10.856170522511556% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$28B$29B$30B$31B$32B$33B 202220232024 $28.8B $32B ▲ +10.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 7 39,879 $28.8B
2023 4 39,678 $30.6B
2024 4 42,215 $32.0B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 051015202530 Total assets ($B) Participants Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.955262618 · Participants: 9616Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.955758896 · Participants: 14881IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.184377155 · Participants: 10779Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.16620463 · Participants: 1075821199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.599669 · Participants: 12289Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan INew York State Nurses Association Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.451988225 · Participants: 19697New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan
Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan

Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan reports $11.0B in end-of-year assets across 9,616 participants (0.089% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $1.1M per participant (8.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $19M.

This plan identity (EIN 135315170, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $10.9B to $10.0B (-8.3%) while covered participants moved from 10,752 to 8,876 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 10,752 $10.9B Open filing
2023 9,616 $11.0B This page
2024 · index core 8,876 $10.0B Open filing

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

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

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Verizon Pension Plan for Associates in NJ ($10.9B); by covered participants it is Main Line Health, Inc. Retirement Income Plan in PA (9,621 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($11.0B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,616 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 Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan assets move in 2023?
Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan held essentially flat - up 0.8% during 2023, from $10.9B to $11.0B. Reported net income was $19M.
How have Pfizer Inc plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Pfizer Inc's sponsor-wide assets grew 10.9%, from $28.8B to $32.0B.
Where does Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Verizon Pension Plan for Associates in NJ ($10.9B, 23,778 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Main Line Health, Inc. Retirement Income Plan in PA (9,621 participants, $1.6B in assets).