Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Eastman Chemical Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.4B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 3,245
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $416,497
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Eastman Retirement Assistance Plan · Sponsored by Eastman Chemical Company · Tennessee · Manufacturing
$1.4B in assets, 3,245 participants
Eastman Chemical Company's Eastman Retirement Assistance Plan reported $1.4B in total assets and 3,245 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.
- #18,364 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in Tennessee
Eastman Retirement Assistance Plan covers 3,245 participants in Tennessee, 2.9x the typical Tennessee plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $1.4B.
- #18,364
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +11.2%
- assets growth YoY
- 14×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $37M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Eastman Retirement Assistance Plan's outsized position by total assets
Eastman Retirement Assistance Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$1,351,532,078 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Eastman Retirement Assistance 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. Eastman Retirement Assistance Plan lands in the large band (3,245 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Eastman Retirement Assistance Plan reported net income rose from -$405M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$37M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Eastman Retirement Assistance Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Eastman Retirement Assistance Plan reported participants fell from 3,484 in the plan year 2022 filing to 3,245 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 621539359 · Eastman Chemical Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Eastman Retirement Assistance Plan · $1.4B · 3,245 · 99th
- EOY $1.4B
- 5500 3,245
- ASSETS 99th
- PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EIN near Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada
- RANK ind #18364
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 Tennessee →
Eastman Retirement Assistance Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Tennessee filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.4B |
| Net Income | -$37M |
| Employer EIN | 621539359 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1994-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Eastman Chemical Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Eastman Chemical Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4.8B 10.515212393505383% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 14,069 | $4.4B |
| 2023 | 2 | 14,067 | $4.7B |
| 2024 | 2 | 13,420 | $4.8B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Tennessee
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Fedex Corporation Employees' Pension Plan $26.6B · 139,031
- Retirement Plan of International Paper Company $8.8B · 20,164
- Pace Industry Union-Management Pension Fund $2.7B · 3,192
- Pension Plan for Employees at Ornl $2.5B · 5,801
- Retirement Program Plan for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee $2.1B · 2,710
Eastman Retirement Assistance Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Tennessee, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada in CA ($1.3B); by covered participants it is Pension Plan of the Chubb Corporation in PA (3,245 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.4B here).
- Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada (CA) $1.3B · 5,299
- Western Washington Laborers-Employers Pension Plan (WA) $1.4B · 10,417
- Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan (NY) $1.3B · 1,443
- The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla (NY) $1.4B · 3,087
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3,245 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Pension Plan of the Chubb Corporation (PA) 3,245 · 0 off
- Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation Employees Retirement Plan (KS) 3,244 · 1 off
- Chick-Fil-a, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan (GA) 3,241 · 4 off
- Bimbo Bakeries USA Consolidated Pension Plan (PA) 3,238 · 7 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.