401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.7B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 6,170
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $442,935
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing
$2.7B in assets, 6,170 participants
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.'s Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reported $2.7B in total assets and 6,170 participants in its 2024 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.
- #17,590 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Pennsylvania
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan covers 6,170 participants in Pennsylvania, 7.5x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $2.7B.
- #17,590
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +5.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 27×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$2,732,907,838 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan lands in the large band (6,170 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reported net income fell from $173M in the plan year 2023 filing to $150M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 5,733 in the plan year 2023 filing to 6,170 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.6B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.7B in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 231274455 · Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan · $2.7B · 6,170 · 99th
- PCT $2.7B
- PCT 6,170
- PCT 99th
- PCT 401(k)
- PCT near Canon Employee Savings and Retirement Plan
- PCT ind #17590
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 Pennsylvania →
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Pennsylvania filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.6B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.7B |
| Net Income | $150M |
| Employer EIN | 231274455 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1957-04-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.7B 41.92821734022907% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 6,869 | $4.7B |
| 2023 | 3 | 7,105 | $5.1B |
| 2024 | 1 | 6,170 | $2.7B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan $19.7B · 90,495
- The Cigna Group 401(k) Plan $14.2B · 63,634
- The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan $11.1B · 18,066
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan $10.3B · 36,150
- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan $10.2B · 54,604
Scale composition for Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reports $2.7B in end-of-year assets across 6,170 participants (0.022% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $442,935 per participant (3.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $150M.
This plan identity (EIN 231274455, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.4B to $2.7B (+13.5%) while covered participants moved from 5,374 to 6,170 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,374 | $2.4B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 5,733 | $2.6B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 6,170 | $2.7B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Pension Plan for Salaried Employees (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.3B, 1,071 participants)
- Pension Plan for Hourly Rated Employees of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Defined Benefit (Pension), $212M, 301 participants)
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Canon Employee Savings and Retirement Plan in NY ($2.7B); by covered participants it is Agilent Technologies, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA (6,169 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.7B here).
- Canon Employee Savings and Retirement Plan (NY) $2.7B · 7,400
- Synopsys 401(k) Plan (CA) $2.7B · 4,817
- Daimler Truck North America, L.L.C. Employee Retirement Savings Plan (OR) $2.7B · 8,431
- Voya 401(k) Savings Plan (GA) $2.7B · 6,829
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,170 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Agilent Technologies, Inc. 401(k) Plan (CA) 6,169 · 1 off
- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees (OH) 6,173 · 3 off
- Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan (AL) 6,167 · 3 off
- Sas Retirement Plan (NC) 6,175 · 5 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.