Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Becton Dickinson and Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.7B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 9,838
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $170,939
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Bd Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Becton Dickinson and Company · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$1.7B in assets, 9,838 participants
Becton Dickinson and Company's Bd Retirement Plan reported $1.7B in total assets and 9,838 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.
- #18,423 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
Bd Retirement Plan covers 9,838 participants in New Jersey, 12x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $1.7B.
- #18,423
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +10.0%
- assets growth YoY
- 17×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Bd Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Bd Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$1,681,700,808 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Bd Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bd Retirement Plan lands in the large band (9,838 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Bd Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$8M in the plan year 2022 filing to $152M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Bd Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 11,595 in the plan year 2022 filing to 9,838 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Bd Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.7B in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 220760120 · Becton Dickinson and Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Bd Retirement Plan · $1.7B · 9,838 · 99th
- EOY $1.7B
- EOY 9,838
- EOY 99th
- EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EOY near North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund
- EOY ind #18423
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 New Jersey →
Bd Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.7B |
| Net Income | $152M |
| Employer EIN | 220760120 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1953-03-15 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Becton Dickinson and Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Becton Dickinson and Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $7.4B 19.866108644638025% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 36,078 | $6.2B |
| 2023 | 2 | 34,568 | $7.0B |
| 2024 | 2 | 31,343 | $7.4B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson $21.2B · 37,749
- JPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan $16.3B · 90,644
- Nokia Retirement Income Plan $13.9B · 7,492
- The Prudential Merged Retirement Plan $12.2B · 16,230
- Verizon Pension Plan for Associates $10.9B · 23,778
Scale composition for Bd Retirement Plan
Bd Retirement Plan reports $1.7B in end-of-year assets across 9,838 participants (0.014% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $170,939 per participant (1.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $152M.
This plan identity (EIN 220760120, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.5B to $1.6B (+2.8%) while covered participants moved from 11,595 to 8,655 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11,595 | $1.5B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 9,838 | $1.7B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 8,655 | $1.6B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Bd 401(k) Plan (401(k), $5.8B, 22,688 participants)
- Bd Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.6B, 8,655 participants)
Bd Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund in WI ($1.7B); by covered participants it is Kohler Co. Pension Plan in WI (9,878 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.7B here).
- North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund (WI) $1.7B · 5,662
- Principal Cash Balance Plan (IA) $1.7B · 12,492
- Xpo Pension Plan (OR) $1.7B · 4,840
- Weyerhaeuser Pension Plan (WA) $1.7B · 3,585
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,838 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Kohler Co. Pension Plan (WI) 9,878 · 40 off
- Farmers Group, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan (CA) 9,733 · 105 off
- Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity (WI) 9,960 · 122 off
- Michigan Laborers' Pension Plan (MI) 9,974 · 136 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.