Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Msa Worldwide, LLC Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $542M
- Total assets
- 1,611
- Participants
- 98th
- Percentile by assets
- $336,350
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Msa Pension Plan · Sponsored by Msa Worldwide, LLC · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing
$542M in assets, 1,611 participants
Msa Worldwide, LLC's Msa Pension Plan reported $542M in total assets and 1,611 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- 98th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #17,987 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Where Msa Pension Plan sits by assets
Msa Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $542M for 1,611 participants (~$336,350/participant), up 9.7% in 2023.
- $542M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 1,611
- covered participants
- 98th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $336,350
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Msa Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$135M in the plan year 2022 filing to $48M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Msa Pension Plan reported participants rose from 1,445 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,611 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Msa Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $494M in the plan year 2022 filing to $542M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Msa Pension Plan vs the 2023 asset distribution
By assets, Msa Pension Plan outranks 98% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 5.4x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $494M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $542M |
| Net Income | $48M |
| Employer EIN | 464914866 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1944-12-20 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Msa Worldwide, LLC)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 3,558 | $819M |
| 2023 | 2 | 3,832 | $915M |
| 2024 | 2 | 3,925 | $990M |
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Msa Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
- National Elevator Industry Pension Plan $11.2B · 27,434
- Steelworkers Pension Trust $6.6B · 47,052
- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan $5.6B · 63,680
- Constellation Retirement Program $5.3B · 5,080
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan $5.3B · 7,374
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Msa Pension Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan (SC) $541M · 563
- Yale-New Haven Hospital Cash Account Pension Plan (CT) $540M · 17,187
- Baker Hughes Company Pension Plan (TX) $540M · 5,353
- Ardagh North America Retirement Income Plan (IN) $538M · 1,174
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