Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Exelon Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $6.4B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 9,116
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $699,908
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Exelon Corporation Retirement Program · Sponsored by Exelon Corporation · Illinois · Utilities
$6.4B in assets, 9,116 participants
Exelon Corporation's Exelon Corporation Retirement Program reported $6.4B in total assets and 9,116 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #711 in Utilities (721 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Exelon Corporation Retirement Program covers 9,116 participants in Illinois, 12x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $6.4B.
- #711
- in Utilities (721 peers)
- -1.9%
- assets change YoY
- 64×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $133M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Exelon Corporation Retirement Program's outsized position by total assets
Exelon Corporation Retirement Program vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$6,380,359,647 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Exelon Corporation Retirement Program'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. Exelon Corporation Retirement Program lands in the large band (9,116 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Exelon Corporation Retirement Program reported net income rose from -$2.4B in the plan year 2022 filing to -$133M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Exelon Corporation Retirement Program reported participants fell from 15,189 in the plan year 2022 filing to 9,116 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Exelon Corporation Retirement Program end-of-year assets fell from $6.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $6.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 232990190 · Exelon Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Exelon Corporation Retirement Program · $6.4B · 9,116 · 100th
- PCT $6.4B
- EIN 9,116
- RANK 100th
- PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
- IND near Steelworkers Pension Trust
- EOY ind #711
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 Utilities retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →
Exelon Corporation Retirement Program in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $6.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $6.4B |
| Net Income | -$133M |
| Employer EIN | 232990190 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1912-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Exelon Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Exelon Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $15.4B 4.433898338481062% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 57,163 | $14.7B |
| 2023 | 5 | 36,093 | $15.3B |
| 2024 | 5 | 36,826 | $15.4B |
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 Exelon Corporation Retirement Program
Exelon Corporation Retirement Program reports $6.4B in end-of-year assets across 9,116 participants (0.052% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $699,908 per participant (5.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was -$133M.
This plan identity (EIN 232990190, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $6.5B to $6.1B (-6.6%) while covered participants moved from 15,189 to 8,898 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15,189 | $6.5B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 9,116 | $6.4B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 8,898 | $6.1B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Exelon Corporation Employee Savings Plan (401(k), $6.3B, 20,282 participants)
- Exelon Corporation Retirement Program (Defined Benefit (Pension), $6.1B, 8,898 participants)
- Pepco Holdings LLC Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.9B, 3,199 participants)
- Exelon Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $967M, 2,107 participants)
Exelon Corporation Retirement Program's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Steelworkers Pension Trust in PA ($6.6B); by covered participants it is Ufcw-Giant Variable Annuity Fund in MD (9,179 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($6.4B here).
- Steelworkers Pension Trust (PA) $6.6B · 47,052
- Altria Retirement Plan (VA) $6.7B · 2,242
- Ntess Retirement Income Plan (NM) $6.1B · 3,544
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund for Northern California (CA) $6.0B · 20,998
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,116 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Ufcw-Giant Variable Annuity Fund (MD) 9,179 · 63 off
- Cigna Pension Plan (PA) 9,040 · 76 off
- Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B (GA) 9,037 · 79 off
- General Motors Salaried Retirement Program (MI) 9,018 · 98 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.