Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.9B
Total assets Very large vs avg
1,440
Participants Near avg headcount
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$2.7M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan · Sponsored by Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC · California · Professional & Technical Services

$3.9B in assets, 1,440 participants

Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC's Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported $3.9B in total assets and 1,440 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.

  • #20,287 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Coverage in California

Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan covers 1,440 participants in California, 2.3x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $3.9B.

#20,287
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+5.1%
assets growth YoY
39×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,921,076,438 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Llns Defined Benefit 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. Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan lands in the large band (1,440 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$1.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $191M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported participants fell from 1,653 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,440 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.9B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 205624386 · Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan · $3.9B · 1,440 · 100th

  • IND $3.9B
  • IND 1,440
  • IND 100th
  • IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near The Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC Multiple Employer Pension Plan
  • IND ind #20287

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.7B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.9B
Net Income$191M
Employer EIN205624386
Plan Effective Date2007-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7.0B 19.352021810372943% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5.5B$6B$6.5B$7B$7.5B 202220232024 $5.84B $6.97B ▲ +19.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 9,938 $5.8B
2023 3 10,384 $6.5B
2024 3 10,694 $7.0B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California

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

Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.921076438 · Participants: 1440Llns Defined Benefit Pension PlanKaiser Permanente Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 33.538817099 · Participants: 127356Kaiser Permanente Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.40954351 · Participants: 22914Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.980531142 · Participants: 25647Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 10.814691143 · Participants: 19545Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc.Disney Salaried Pension Plan D, Total assets ($B): 10.057095066 · Participants: 10813Disney Salaried Pension Plan D
Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC Multiple Employer Pension Plan in SC ($3.9B); by covered participants it is Alaska Laborers-Employers Retirement Fund in WA (1,440 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.9B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,440 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 Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.1% during 2023, from $3.7B to $3.9B. Reported net income was $191M.
How have Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 19.4%, from $5.8B to $7.0B.
Where does Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC Multiple Employer Pension Plan in SC ($3.9B, 2,016 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Llns Defined Benefit Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Alaska Laborers-Employers Retirement Fund in WA (1,440 participants, $602M 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 205624386.

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.