Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Marathon Petroleum Company LP Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
17,542
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$117,402
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Marathon Petroleum Company LP · Ohio · Manufacturing

$2.1B in assets, 17,542 participants

Marathon Petroleum Company LP's Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan reported $2.1B in total assets and 17,542 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.

  • #18,483 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan covers 17,542 participants in Ohio, 23x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $2.1B.

#18,483
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+5.2%
assets growth YoY
21×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,059,462,508 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan is a mega filing (17,542 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$924M in the plan year 2022 filing to $102M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 17,390 in the plan year 2022 filing to 17,542 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 311537655 · Marathon Petroleum Company LP PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan · $2.1B · 17,542 · 99th

  • EOY $2.1B
  • EOY 17,542
  • EOY 99th
  • EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EOY near Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan
  • EOY ind #18483

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 Ohio →

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC Pension PlanCleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC P…$2.1BCelanese Americas Retirement Pension PlanCelanese Americas Retirement…$2.1BRetirement Program Plan for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, TennesseeRetirement Program Plan for …$2.1BMarathon Petroleum Retirement PlanMarathon Petroleum Retiremen…$2.1BYale University Retirement Plan for Staff EmployeesYale University Retirement P…$2.0B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.1B
Net Income$102M
Employer EIN311537655
Plan Effective Date1998-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Marathon Petroleum Company LP)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Marathon Petroleum Company LP plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$10.7B 25.710409990260658% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$8B$9B$10B$11B 202220232024 $8.48B $10.7B ▲ +25.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 35,136 $8.5B
2023 3 35,428 $9.7B
2024 3 36,178 $10.7B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio

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

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000500010000150002000025000 02468 Total assets ($B) Participants Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.059462508 · Participants: 17542Marathon Petroleum Retirement PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.144086795 · Participants: 12304Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanNationwide Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.281060445 · Participants: 22311Nationwide Retirement PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.475896468 · Participants: 15595American Electric Power System Retirement PlanParker Defined Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.656915014 · Participants: 191Parker Defined Benefit PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.592540979 · Participants: 10029Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan
Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan

Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan reports $2.1B in end-of-year assets across 17,542 participants (0.017% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.019% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $117,402 per participant (85% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $102M.

This plan identity (EIN 311537655, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.0B to $2.2B (+12.7%) while covered participants moved from 17,390 to 17,916 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 17,390 $2.0B Open filing
2023 17,542 $2.1B This page
2024 · index core 17,916 $2.2B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

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

Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan in TX ($2.1B); by covered participants it is Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan in IL (17,382 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (17,542 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 Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan assets move in 2023?
Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.2% during 2023, from $2.0B to $2.1B. Reported net income was $102M.
How have Marathon Petroleum Company LP plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Marathon Petroleum Company LP's sponsor-wide assets grew 25.7%, from $8.5B to $10.7B.
Where does Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th 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 Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan in TX ($2.1B, 1,192 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Marathon Petroleum Retirement Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan in IL (17,382 participants, $7.8B in assets).