Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $292M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 377
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 96th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $775,123
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees · Sponsored by Packaging Corporation of America · Illinois · Manufacturing
$292M in assets, 377 participants
Packaging Corporation of America's Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees reported $292M in total assets and 377 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.
- #17,547 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees covers 377 participants in Illinois, about 48% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $292M.
- #17,547
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +18.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 2.9×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees's outsized position by total assets
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$292,221,288 Top 4% higher than 96% 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
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees sits mid-pack in the medium band (377 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees reported net income rose from -$66M in the plan year 2022 filing to $46M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees end-of-year assets rose from $246M in the plan year 2022 filing to $292M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees reported participants fell from 433 in the plan year 2022 filing to 377 in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 364277050 · Packaging Corporation of America PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees · $292M · 377 · 96th
- IND $292M
- EOY 377
- 5500 96th
- ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PCT near Valley Health System Merged Defined Benefit Plan
- EIN ind #17547
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 Illinois →
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $246M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $292M |
| Net Income | $46M |
| Employer EIN | 364277050 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2004-05-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Packaging Corporation of America)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Packaging Corporation of America plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4.0B 22.235714965809493% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 20,251 | $3.3B |
| 2023 | 5 | 20,299 | $3.7B |
| 2024 | 5 | 19,472 | $4.0B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan $49.7B · 48,538
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees $35.2B · 45,001
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund $8.0B · 20,680
- John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees $8.0B · 16,346
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $7.8B · 17,382
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Valley Health System Merged Defined Benefit Plan in VA ($292M); by covered participants it is Dairy Industry - Union Pension Plan for Philadelphia and Vicinity in NJ (377 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($292M here).
- Valley Health System Merged Defined Benefit Plan (VA) $292M · 1,512
- Connecticut Plumbers & Pipefitters Pension Plan (CT) $292M · 946
- District Council 82 Painting Industry Pension Plan (MN) $293M · 984
- Logan Aluminum Pension Plan (KY) $292M · 316
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (377 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Dairy Industry - Union Pension Plan for Philadelphia and Vicinity (NJ) 377 · 0 off
- Contitech USA, LLC Defined Benefit Plan (SC) 377 · 0 off
- Sanford Health Employees' Pension Plan (SD) 376 · 1 off
- Lynden Pension Equity Plan (WA) 378 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.