Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Archer Daniels Midland Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $683M
- Total assets
- 7,840
- Participants
- 98th
- Percentile by assets
- $87,068
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Adm Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Archer Daniels Midland Company · Illinois · Manufacturing
$683M in assets, 7,840 participants
Archer Daniels Midland Company's Adm Retirement Plan reported $683M in total assets and 7,840 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- 98th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #18,110 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Adm Retirement Plan covers 7,840 participants in Illinois, 10x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $683M.
- $683M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 7,840
- covered participants
- 98th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $87,068
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Adm Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$179M in the plan year 2022 filing to $82M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Adm Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $600M in the plan year 2022 filing to $683M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Adm Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 7,527 in the plan year 2022 filing to 7,840 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Participants vs Illinois filers
In Illinois, the average filing covers about 779 participants across 5,745 plans. Adm Retirement Plan reports 7,840 participants - 10x that state average ($683M EOY assets).
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $600M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $683M |
| Net Income | $82M |
| Employer EIN | 410129150 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1943-12-28 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Archer Daniels Midland Company)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 33,376 | $3.5B |
| 2023 | 4 | 35,458 | $3.8B |
| 2024 | 4 | 35,541 | $3.9B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Adm Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
- 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
Scale composition for Adm Retirement Plan
Adm Retirement Plan reports $683M in end-of-year assets across 7,840 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $87,068 per participant (63% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $82M.
This plan identity (EIN 410129150, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $600M to $667M (+11.3%) while covered participants moved from 7,527 to 8,042 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,527 | $600M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 7,840 | $683M | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 8,042 | $667M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Adm 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried Employees (401(k), $2.3B, 8,289 participants)
- Adm 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees (401(k), $702M, 9,931 participants)
- Adm Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $667M, 8,042 participants)
- Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees (Defined Benefit (Pension), $251M, 9,279 participants)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Adm Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Teamsters Negotiated Pension Plan (MO) $683M · 2,276
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Babcock & Wilcox Commercial Operations (OH) $683M · 328
- Johns Hopkins University Support Staff Pension Plan (MD) $685M · 2,815
- Medstar Health, Inc. Cash Balance Retirement Plan (MD) $680M · 2,295
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Adm Retirement Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Adm Retirement Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois. Compare plans
- Archer Daniels Midland Company's sponsor-wide assets have grown 11.5% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans