Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Ericsson Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$516M
Total assets
593
Participants
97th
Percentile by assets
$870,489
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Ericsson US Pension Plan · Sponsored by Ericsson Inc. · Texas · Information & Media

$516M in assets, 593 participants

Ericsson Inc.'s Ericsson US Pension Plan reported $516M in total assets and 593 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.

  • 97th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Ericsson US Pension Plan holds $516M for 593 participants - about $870,489 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, down 6.2% over the 2023 plan year.

$516M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
593
covered participants
97th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$870,489
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $15M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Information & Media

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Ericsson US Pension Plan

Ericsson US Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Ericsson Inc., headquartered in Texas. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $516M in total end-of-year assets and covers 593 participants across the Information & Media industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 061119960, and the plan has been effective since 1980-07-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets pulled back noticeably from $550M at the beginning of 2023 to $516M at year-end - down 6.2%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $486M, with reported net income of -$15M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Ericsson Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $3.7B to $4.3B, a gain of 16.1%, while reported participants moved from 6,884 to 5,597 (-18.7%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $4.3B; the softest was 2022 at $3.7B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $3.7B in assets across 2 plans covering 6,884 participants; 2023 - $4.1B in assets across 2 plans covering 7,044 participants; 2024 - $4.3B in assets across 2 plans covering 5,597 participants.

By assets, Ericsson US Pension Plan outranks 97% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 5.2x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Ericsson US Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$550M
Total Assets (End of Year)$516M
Net Assets (End of Year)$486M
Net Income-$15M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN061119960
Plan Effective Date1980-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ericsson Inc.)

$3.6B$3.8B$4B$4.2B$4.4B 202220232024 $3.7B $4.3B ▲ +16.2%
Total plan assets by year, all Ericsson Inc. 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 6,884 $3.7B
2023 2 7,044 $4.1B
2024 2 5,597 $4.3B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Ericsson US Pension Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Ericsson US Pension Plan holds $516M in total assets with 593 participants. It is sponsored by Ericsson Inc..
What type of plan is Ericsson US Pension Plan?
Ericsson US Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1980-07-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 061119960.
Who sponsors the Ericsson US Pension Plan?
Ericsson US Pension Plan is sponsored by Ericsson Inc., located in Texas. The sponsor's EIN is 061119960 and the plan operates in the Information & Media industry.
How did Ericsson US Pension Plan perform in 2023?
Ericsson US Pension Plan pulled back noticeably - down 6.2% during 2023, moving from $550M to $516M in total assets. Net income was -$15M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Ericsson US Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Ericsson US Pension 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 Texas. Compare plans
  • Ericsson Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 16.1% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Information & Media plans
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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 061119960.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.