Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Celanese Americas LLC Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 1,192
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.7M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan · Sponsored by Celanese Americas LLC · Texas · Manufacturing
$2.1B in assets, 1,192 participants
Celanese Americas LLC's Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan reported $2.1B in total assets and 1,192 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- #18,484 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Where Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan sits by assets
Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan sits among the largest 1% of all filed plans, $2.1B for 1,192 participants (~$1.7M/participant), up 2.2% in 2023.
- #18,484
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +2.2%
- assets growth YoY
- 21×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $9M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$2,066,455,783 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Celanese Americas Retirement Pension 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. Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan lands in the large band (1,192 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$685M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$9M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan reported participants fell from 1,310 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,192 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 221862783 · Celanese Americas LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan · $2.1B · 1,192 · 99th
- EOY $2.1B
- 5500 1,192
- ASSETS 99th
- PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EIN near Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan
- RANK ind #18484
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 Texas →
Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.0B |
| Net Income | -$9M |
| Employer EIN | 221862783 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1947-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Celanese Americas LLC)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Celanese Americas LLC plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.9B 2.1996450656249165% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 4,409 | $2.8B |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,445 | $3.0B |
| 2024 | 2 | 4,163 | $2.9B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- AT&T Pension Benefit Plan $30.0B · 107,859
- Shell Pension Plan $15.1B · 12,215
- Exxonmobil Pension Plan $12.0B · 22,551
- Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan $9.8B · 12,138
- Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan $5.5B · 9,360
Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan in OH ($2.1B); by covered participants it is New Orleans Carpenters' Pension Plan in TN (1,192 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.1B here).
- Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan (OH) $2.1B · 17,542
- Retirement Program Plan for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee (TN) $2.1B · 2,710
- The Kroger Consolidated Retirement Benefit Plan Spin Off (OH) $2.1B · 4,341
- Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC Pension Plan (IL) $2.1B · 982
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,192 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- New Orleans Carpenters' Pension Plan (TN) 1,192 · 0 off
- DC 37 Local 389 Home Care Employees Pension Fund (NY) 1,190 · 2 off
- National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan (NY) 1,198 · 6 off
- Huntington Memorial Hospital Retirement Plan (CA) 1,185 · 7 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.