Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Linde Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.0B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,359
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$307,119
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Linde U.S. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Linde Inc. · Connecticut · Manufacturing

$2.0B in assets, 6,359 participants

Linde Inc.'s Linde U.S. Pension Plan reported $2.0B in total assets and 6,359 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.

  • #18,472 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Connecticut

Linde U.S. Pension Plan covers 6,359 participants in Connecticut, 8.9x the typical Connecticut plan (state average ~718 per filing). Assets: $2.0B.

#18,472
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+8.6%
assets growth YoY
20×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Linde U.S. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Linde U.S. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,952,968,292 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

Linde U.S. 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. Linde U.S. Pension Plan lands in the large band (6,359 participants).

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 061249050 · Linde Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Linde U.S. Pension Plan · $2.0B · 6,359 · 99th

  • PART $2.0B
  • PART 6,359
  • PART 99th
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Pepco Holdings LLC Retirement Plan
  • PART ind #18472

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 Connecticut →

Linde U.S. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Pension Plan a for Employees of Consumer Energy CompanyPension Plan a for Employees…$2.0BLinde U.S. Pension Plan$2.0BPepco Holdings LLC Retirement PlanPepco Holdings LLC Retiremen…$2.0BUnited Food and Commercial Workers Unions & Employers Midwest Pension FundUnited Food and Commercial W…$1.9BConagra Brands, Inc. Pension PlanConagra Brands, Inc. Pension…$1.9B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Linde U.S. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Connecticut filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.9B
Net Income$157M
Employer EIN061249050
Plan Effective Date1992-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Linde Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Linde Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$5.1B 103.55840059759257% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2B$3B$4B$5B$6B 202220232024 $2.52B $5.13B ▲ +103.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 10,207 $2.5B
2023 3 17,030 $4.8B
2024 3 17,939 $5.1B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Connecticut

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

Linde U.S. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0500010000150002000025000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Linde U.S. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.952968292 · Participants: 6359Linde U.S. Pension PlanRtx Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 43.752088232 · Participants: 23823Rtx Consolidated Pension PlanThe Citigroup Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.610367002 · Participants: 17283The Citigroup Pension PlanEversource Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.8761342 · Participants: 3717Eversource Pension PlanRetirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc., Total assets ($B): 5.40003759 · Participants: 10546Retirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc.The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees, Total assets ($B): 3.580099386 · Participants: 7529The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees
Linde U.S. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants
Compare Linde U.S. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Linde U.S. Pension Plan

Linde U.S. Pension Plan reports $2.0B in end-of-year assets across 6,359 participants (0.016% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $307,119 per participant (2.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $157M.

This plan identity (EIN 061249050, plan #335) has 2 Form 5500 filings on file from 2023 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.0B to $2.1B (+6.5%) while covered participants moved from 6,359 to 6,738 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2023 6,359 $2.0B This page
2024 · index core 6,738 $2.1B Open filing

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

Linde U.S. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Connecticut, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pepco Holdings LLC Retirement Plan in IL ($2.0B); by covered participants it is Henry Ford Health System Allegiance Combined Pension Plan in MI (6,352 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,359 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 Linde U.S. Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Linde U.S. Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 8.6% during 2023, from $1.8B to $2.0B. Reported net income was $157M.
How have Linde Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Linde Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 103.6%, from $2.5B to $5.1B.
Where does Linde U.S. Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Linde U.S. Pension 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 Linde U.S. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pepco Holdings LLC Retirement Plan in IL ($2.0B, 3,361 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Linde U.S. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Henry Ford Health System Allegiance Combined Pension Plan in MI (6,352 participants, $329M 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 061249050.

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.