Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Sylvamo North America, LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$195M
Total assets Near avg plan size
833
Participants Near avg headcount
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$234,333
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sylvamo Pension Plan · Sponsored by Sylvamo North America, LLC · Tennessee · Manufacturing

$195M in assets, 833 participants

Sylvamo North America, LLC's Sylvamo Pension Plan reported $195M in total assets and 833 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.

  • #17,164 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Sylvamo Pension Plan sits by assets

Sylvamo Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $195M for 833 participants (~$234,333/participant), up 10.7% in 2023.

#17,164
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+10.7%
assets growth YoY
2.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Sylvamo Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sylvamo Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$195,199,478 Top 5% higher than 95% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Sylvamo Pension Plan 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. Sylvamo Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (833 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Sylvamo Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$77M in the plan year 2022 filing to $16M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sylvamo Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $176M in the plan year 2022 filing to $195M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sylvamo Pension Plan reported participants fell from 854 in the plan year 2022 filing to 833 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 472346896 · Sylvamo North America, LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Sylvamo Pension Plan · $195M · 833 · 95th

  • PCT $195M
  • EIN 833
  • RANK 95th
  • PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near Retirement Allowance Plan of the University of Pennsylvania
  • EOY ind #17164

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 Tennessee →

Sylvamo Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Talen Montana Retirement Plan$195MSylvamo Pension Plan$195MRetirement Allowance Plan of the University of PennsylvaniaRetirement Allowance Plan of…$195MRetirement Plan of Marathon Oil CompanyRetirement Plan of Marathon …$195MDonnelley Financial Pension PlanDonnelley Financial Pension …$195M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sylvamo Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$176M
Net Assets (End of Year)$195M
Net Income$16M
Employer EIN472346896
Plan Effective Date2021-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sylvamo North America, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sylvamo North America, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$612M 23.315123363155273% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$450M$500M$550M$600M$650M 202220232024 $496M $612M ▲ +23.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 2,557 $496M
2023 2 2,644 $577M
2024 2 2,678 $612M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Tennessee

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Sylvamo Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Sylvamo Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.195199478 · Participants: 833Sylvamo Pension PlanFedex Corporation Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 26.580798454 · Participants: 139031Fedex Corporation Employees' Pension PlanRetirement Plan of International Paper Company, Total assets ($B): 8.836549756 · Participants: 20164Retirement Plan of International Paper CompanyPace Industry Union-Management Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 2.707920528 · Participants: 3192Pace Industry Union-Management Pension FundPension Plan for Employees at Ornl, Total assets ($B): 2.456364769 · Participants: 5801Pension Plan for Employees at OrnlRetirement Program Plan for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Total assets ($B): 2.074583545 · Participants: 2710Retirement Program Plan for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Sylvamo Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants
Compare Sylvamo Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sylvamo Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Tennessee, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Allowance Plan of the University of Pennsylvania in PA ($195M); by covered participants it is Hill-Rom, Inc. Pension Plan in IN (833 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($195M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (833 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Sylvamo Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Sylvamo Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.7% during 2023, from $176M to $195M. Reported net income was $16M.
How have Sylvamo North America, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sylvamo North America, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 23.3%, from $496M to $612M.
Where does Sylvamo Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sylvamo Pension Plan ranks in the 95th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Sylvamo Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Allowance Plan of the University of Pennsylvania in PA ($195M, 959 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sylvamo Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hill-Rom, Inc. Pension Plan in IN (833 participants, $242M in assets).

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 472346896.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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