Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Archer Daniels Midland Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $683M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 7,840
- Participants Very large workforce
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $87,068
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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.
- #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.
- #18,110
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +13.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 6.8×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Adm Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Adm Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$682,613,192 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Adm Retirement 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. Adm Retirement Plan lands in the large band (7,840 participants).
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.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 410129150 · Archer Daniels Midland Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Adm Retirement Plan · $683M · 7,840 · 98th
- PHOTO $683M
- IND 7,840
- EOY 98th
- 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
- ASSETS near Teamsters Negotiated Pension Plan
- PCT ind #18110
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 →
Adm Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
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)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Archer Daniels Midland Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.9B 11.505733911639464% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| 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.
- 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)
Adm Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Teamsters Negotiated Pension Plan in MO ($683M); by covered participants it is William Beaumont Hospital Employees' Retirement Plan in MI (7,852 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($683M here).
- 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
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,840 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- William Beaumont Hospital Employees' Retirement Plan (MI) 7,852 · 12 off
- Medtronic Retirement Plan for Certain Participants and Beneficiaries (MN) 7,871 · 31 off
- Georgia-Pacific LLC Hourly Pension Plan (GA) 7,873 · 33 off
- The Albany Medical Center Retirement Plan (NY) 7,791 · 49 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.