Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Abbvie Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $4.4B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 14,619
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $303,216
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Abbvie Pension Plan · Sponsored by Abbvie Inc. · Illinois · Manufacturing
$4.4B in assets, 14,619 participants
Abbvie Inc.'s Abbvie Pension Plan reported $4.4B in total assets and 14,619 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.
- #18,605 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Abbvie Pension Plan covers 14,619 participants in Illinois, 19x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $4.4B.
- #18,605
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +21.5%
- assets growth YoY
- 44×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Abbvie Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Abbvie Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$4,432,719,187 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
Abbvie Pension 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. Abbvie Pension Plan is a mega filing (14,619 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Abbvie Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$655M in the plan year 2022 filing to $785M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Abbvie Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.6B in the plan year 2022 filing to $4.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Abbvie Pension Plan reported participants fell from 16,037 in the plan year 2022 filing to 14,619 in the plan year 2023 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 320375147 · Abbvie Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Abbvie Pension Plan · $4.4B · 14,619 · 100th
- EOY $4.4B
- EOY 14,619
- EOY 100th
- EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EOY near Westrock Company Consolidated Pension Plan
- EOY ind #18605
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 Illinois →
Abbvie Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.6B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.4B |
| Net Income | $785M |
| Employer EIN | 320375147 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2013-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Abbvie Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Abbvie Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $18.9B 31.670313685335127% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 41,846 | $14.3B |
| 2023 | 4 | 41,400 | $16.6B |
| 2024 | 4 | 40,886 | $18.9B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan $49.7B · 48,538
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees $35.2B · 45,001
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund $8.0B · 20,680
- John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees $8.0B · 16,346
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $7.8B · 17,382
Scale composition for Abbvie Pension Plan
Abbvie Pension Plan reports $4.4B in end-of-year assets across 14,619 participants (0.036% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.016% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $303,216 per participant (2.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $785M.
This plan identity (EIN 320375147, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.6B to $5.0B (+38.3%) while covered participants moved from 16,037 to 13,656 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16,037 | $3.6B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 14,619 | $4.4B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 13,656 | $5.0B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Abbvie Savings Plan (401(k), $13.4B, 26,790 participants)
- Abbvie Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $5.0B, 13,656 participants)
- Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees (Defined Benefit (Pension), $440M, 429 participants)
Abbvie Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Westrock Company Consolidated Pension Plan in GA ($4.4B); by covered participants it is Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund in MD (14,666 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.4B here).
- Westrock Company Consolidated Pension Plan (GA) $4.4B · 11,262
- Marsh & Mclennan Companies Retirement Plan (NY) $4.4B · 7,766
- American Electric Power System Retirement Plan (OH) $4.5B · 15,595
- Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Union Pacific Corporation & Affiliates (NE) $4.4B · 3,724
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (14,619 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Bakery & Confectionery Union & Industry International Pension Fund (MD) 14,666 · 47 off
- Children's Hospital Medical Center Retirement Plan (OH) 14,679 · 60 off
- Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan (NC) 14,485 · 134 off
- Massmutual Pension Plan (MA) 14,462 · 157 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.