Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
International Paper Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $8.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 20,164
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $438,234
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan of International Paper Company · Sponsored by International Paper Company · Tennessee · Manufacturing
$8.8B in assets, 20,164 participants
International Paper Company's Retirement Plan of International Paper Company reported $8.8B in total assets and 20,164 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.
- #18,660 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in Tennessee
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company covers 20,164 participants in Tennessee, 18x the typical Tennessee plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $8.8B.
- #18,660
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- -0.1%
- assets change YoY
- 89×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $4M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company's outsized position by total assets
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$8,836,549,756 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company'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. Retirement Plan of International Paper Company is a mega filing (20,164 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Retirement Plan of International Paper Company reported net income rose from -$3.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to -$4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Retirement Plan of International Paper Company reported participants fell from 20,914 in the plan year 2022 filing to 20,164 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Retirement Plan of International Paper Company end-of-year assets fell from $8.8B in the plan year 2022 filing to $8.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 130872805 · International Paper Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company · $8.8B · 20,164 · 100th
- PHOTO $8.8B
- IND 20,164
- EOY 100th
- 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
- ASSETS near Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan
- PCT ind #18660
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 Tennessee →
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company in the asset neighbourhood
Tennessee filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $8.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $8.8B |
| Net Income | -$4M |
| Employer EIN | 130872805 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1945-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (International Paper Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All International Paper Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $15.0B 2.8433620806133577% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 52,962 | $14.6B |
| 2023 | 3 | 53,148 | $15.2B |
| 2024 | 3 | 54,521 | $15.0B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Tennessee
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Fedex Corporation Employees' Pension Plan $26.6B · 139,031
- Pace Industry Union-Management Pension Fund $2.7B · 3,192
- Pension Plan for Employees at Ornl $2.5B · 5,801
- Retirement Program Plan for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee $2.1B · 2,710
- Nissan Employee Retirement Plan $1.7B · 4,300
Scale composition for Retirement Plan of International Paper Company
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company reports $8.8B in end-of-year assets across 20,164 participants (0.072% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.021% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $438,234 per participant (3.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was -$4M.
This plan identity (EIN 130872805, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $8.8B to $8.2B (-7.4%) while covered participants moved from 20,914 to 20,795 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20,914 | $8.8B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 20,164 | $8.8B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 20,795 | $8.2B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Retirement Plan of International Paper Company (Defined Benefit (Pension), $8.2B, 20,795 participants)
- International Paper Company Salaried Savings Plan (401(k), $5.0B, 12,564 participants)
- International Paper Company Hourly Savings Plan (401(k), $1.8B, 21,162 participants)
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Tennessee, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan in CA ($8.8B); by covered participants it is Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan in OR (20,043 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($8.8B here).
- Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan (CA) $8.8B · 53,528
- New England Teamsters Pension Fund (MA) $9.1B · 21,786
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla (VA) $8.5B · 7,117
- Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund (VA) $8.3B · 61,272
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (20,164 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan (OR) 20,043 · 121 off
- New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan (NY) 19,697 · 467 off
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program (MD) 19,673 · 491 off
- The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund (NY) 19,570 · 594 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.