Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Superior Essex, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$86M
Total assets Below avg plan size
67
Participants Small participant base
90th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.3M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. · Sponsored by Superior Essex, Inc. · Georgia · Manufacturing

$86M in assets, 67 participants

Superior Essex, Inc.'s Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. reported $86M in total assets and 67 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th 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.

  • #15,986 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. sits by assets

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $86M for 67 participants (~$1.3M/participant), up 6.9% in 2023.

#15,986
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+6.9%
assets growth YoY
0.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.'s outsized position by total assets

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. vs every filed plan by assets

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

$85,702,484 Top 10% higher than 90% 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

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. is a small filing (67 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. reported net income rose from -$27M in the plan year 2022 filing to $6M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. reported participants fell from 81 in the plan year 2022 filing to 67 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. end-of-year assets rose from $80M in the plan year 2022 filing to $86M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 200282396 · Superior Essex, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. · $86M · 67 · 90th

  • PHOTO $86M
  • IND 67
  • EOY 90th
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan
  • PCT ind #15986

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 Georgia →

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$80M
Net Assets (End of Year)$86M
Net Income$6M
Employer EIN200282396
Plan Effective Date1988-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Superior Essex, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Superior Essex, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$333M 18.531949623433576% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$260M$280M$300M$320M$340M 202220232024 $281M $333M ▲ +18.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 1,884 $281M
2023 4 1,902 $313M
2024 4 1,879 $333M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Georgia

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

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 0.085702484 · Participants: 67Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.The Southern Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.596954837 · Participants: 25241The Southern Company Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.285105757 · Participants: 70241UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.733665646 · Participants: 153217UPS Pension PlanCox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.396009274 · Participants: 24023Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension PlanDelta Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.309889555 · Participants: 15601Delta Retirement Plan
Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Georgia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan in CA ($86M); by covered participants it is Employees' Pension Plan of Florida Public Utilities Company in DE (67 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

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 Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. assets move in 2023? ▼
Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. grew at a solid clip - up 6.9% during 2023, from $80M to $86M. Reported net income was $6M.
How have Superior Essex, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Superior Essex, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 18.5%, from $281M to $333M.
Where does Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. ranks in the 90th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan in CA ($86M, 1,134 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Employees' Pension Plan of Florida Public Utilities Company in DE (67 participants, $49M 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 200282396.

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.