Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Nissan North America, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.7B
Total assets Very large vs avg
4,300
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$398,342
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Nissan Employee Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Nissan North America, Inc. · Tennessee · Wholesale Trade

$1.7B in assets, 4,300 participants

Nissan North America, Inc.'s Nissan Employee Retirement Plan reported $1.7B in total assets and 4,300 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.

  • #6,282 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Coverage in Tennessee

Nissan Employee Retirement Plan covers 4,300 participants in Tennessee, 3.8x the typical Tennessee plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $1.7B.

#6,282
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+11.7%
assets growth YoY
17×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Nissan Employee Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Nissan Employee Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,712,870,598 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Nissan Employee 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. Nissan Employee Retirement Plan lands in the large band (4,300 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Nissan Employee Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$427M in the plan year 2022 filing to $179M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Nissan Employee Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.7B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Nissan Employee Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 4,575 in the plan year 2022 filing to 4,300 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 952108010 · Nissan North America, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Nissan Employee Retirement Plan · $1.7B · 4,300 · 99th

  • ASSETS $1.7B
  • PCT 4,300
  • EIN 99th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PHOTO near Basf Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan
  • IND ind #6282

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 Tennessee →

Nissan Employee Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Ecolab Pension Plan$1.7BNissan Employee Retirement PlanNissan Employee Retirement P…$1.7BBasf Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension PlanBasf Corporation Salaried Em…$1.7BWeyerhaeuser Pension Plan$1.7BPrincipal Cash Balance Plan$1.7B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Nissan Employee Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Tennessee filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.7B
Net Income$179M
Employer EIN952108010
Plan Effective Date1966-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Nissan North America, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Nissan North America, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6.3B 20.74927063863473% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5B$5.5B$6B$6.5B 202220232024 $5.22B $6.3B ▲ +20.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 22,780 $5.2B
2023 3 22,426 $6.0B
2024 3 22,109 $6.3B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Tennessee

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

Nissan Employee Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 0102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Nissan Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.712870598 · Participants: 4300Nissan Employee Retirement PlanFedex Corporation Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 26.580798454 · Participants: 139031Fedex Corporation Employees' Pension PlanRetirement Plan of International Paper Company, Total assets ($B): 8.836549756 · Participants: 20164Retirement Plan of International Paper CompanyPace Industry Union-Management Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 2.707920528 · Participants: 3192Pace Industry Union-Management Pension FundPension Plan for Employees at Ornl, Total assets ($B): 2.456364769 · Participants: 5801Pension Plan for Employees at OrnlRetirement Program Plan for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Total assets ($B): 2.074583545 · Participants: 2710Retirement Program Plan for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Nissan Employee Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants
Compare Nissan Employee Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Tennessee, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Basf Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan in NJ ($1.7B); by covered participants it is Weill Cornell Medical College Non-Exempt and Frozen Retirement Plan in NY (4,301 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.7B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,300 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 Nissan Employee Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Nissan Employee Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.7% during 2023, from $1.5B to $1.7B. Reported net income was $179M.
How have Nissan North America, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Nissan North America, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 20.7%, from $5.2B to $6.3B.
Where does Nissan Employee Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Nissan Employee Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th 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 Nissan Employee Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Basf Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan in NJ ($1.7B, 3,107 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Nissan Employee Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Weill Cornell Medical College Non-Exempt and Frozen Retirement Plan in NY (4,301 participants, $205M 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 952108010.

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.