Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Avient Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$361M
Total assets Above avg plan size
98
Participants Small participant base
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$3.7M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Avient Merged Pension Plan · Sponsored by Avient Corporation · Ohio · Manufacturing

$361M in assets, 98 participants

Avient Corporation's Avient Merged Pension Plan reported $361M in total assets and 98 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #17,719 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Avient Merged Pension Plan sits by assets

Avient Merged Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $361M for 98 participants (~$3.7M/participant), up 0.3% in 2023.

#17,719
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+0.3%
assets growth YoY
3.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Avient Merged Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Avient Merged Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$360,944,268 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Avient Merged Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Avient Merged Pension Plan is a small filing (98 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Avient Merged Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$125M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Avient Merged Pension Plan reported participants fell from 113 in the plan year 2022 filing to 98 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Avient Merged Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $360M in the plan year 2022 filing to $361M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 341730488 · Avient Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Avient Merged Pension Plan · $361M · 98 · 97th

  • EBSA $361M
  • EBSA 98
  • EBSA 97th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Southwestern Public Service Co. Bargaining Unit Ee and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Employees
  • EBSA ind #17719

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 Ohio →

Avient Merged Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Hawaii Electricians Pension PlanHawaii Electricians Pension …$362MNew Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Southwestern Public Service Co. Bargaining Unit Ee and Former Non-Bargaining Unit EmployeesNew Century Energies, Inc. R…$362MAvient Merged Pension Plan$361MSuez Water Resources LLC Retirement PlanSuez Water Resources LLC Ret…$360MU.a. Local 13 Pension Fund$360M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Avient Merged Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$360M
Net Assets (End of Year)$361M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN341730488
Plan Effective Date1993-04-29
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Avient Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Avient Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.0B 9.424623103315884% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.9B$0.95B$1B$1.05B 202220232024 $0.93B $1.02B ▲ +9.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 3,013 $934M
2023 2 3,343 $989M
2024 2 3,185 $1.0B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio

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

Avient Merged Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000500010000150002000025000 02468 Total assets ($B) Participants Avient Merged Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.360944268 · Participants: 98Avient Merged Pension PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.144086795 · Participants: 12304Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanNationwide Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.281060445 · Participants: 22311Nationwide Retirement PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.475896468 · Participants: 15595American Electric Power System Retirement PlanParker Defined Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.656915014 · Participants: 191Parker Defined Benefit PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.592540979 · Participants: 10029Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan
Avient Merged Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Avient Merged Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Southwestern Public Service Co. Bargaining Unit Ee and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Employees in MN ($362M); by covered participants it is Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company Employees' Retirement Plan in KY (98 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (98 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 Avient Merged Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Avient Merged Pension Plan held essentially flat - up 0.3% during 2023, from $360M to $361M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Avient Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Avient Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 9.4%, from $934M to $1.0B.
Where does Avient Merged Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Avient Merged Pension Plan ranks in the 97th 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 Avient Merged Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Southwestern Public Service Co. Bargaining Unit Ee and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Employees in MN ($362M, 848 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Avient Merged Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company Employees' Retirement Plan in KY (98 participants, $202M 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 341730488.

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.