Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Novo Nordisk Inc Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.2B
Total assets Very large vs avg
5,655
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$214,608
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan · Sponsored by Novo Nordisk Inc · New Jersey · Manufacturing

$1.2B in assets, 5,655 participants

Novo Nordisk Inc's Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan reported $1.2B in total assets and 5,655 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.

  • #17,381 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in New Jersey

Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan covers 5,655 participants in New Jersey, 6.7x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $1.2B.

#17,381
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+17.8%
assets growth YoY
12×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan's outsized position by total assets

Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$1,213,607,294 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 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 2024

Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase 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. Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan lands in the large band (5,655 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan reported net income fell from $248M in the plan year 2023 filing to $183M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.0B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.2B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan reported participants rose from 5,135 in the plan year 2023 filing to 5,655 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 061061602 · Novo Nordisk Inc PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan · $1.2B · 5,655 · 99th

  • ASSETS $1.2B
  • PCT 5,655
  • EIN 99th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PHOTO near Ryder System, Inc. Retirement Plan
  • IND ind #17381

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 →

Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase PlanNovo Nordisk Inc. Money Purc…$1.2BRyder System, Inc. Retirement PlanRyder System, Inc. Retiremen…$1.2BWestern & Southern Financial Group Pension PlanWestern & Southern Financial…$1.2BAlaska Airlines, Inc., Fixed Income Retirement Plan for PilotsAlaska Airlines, Inc., Fixed…$1.2BChildren's Hospital Medical Center Retirement PlanChildren's Hospital Medical …$1.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New Jersey filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.2B
Net Income$183M
Employer EIN061061602
Plan Effective Date2012-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Novo Nordisk Inc)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Novo Nordisk Inc plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.8B 47.0323133363728% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2B$2.5B$3B$3.5B$4B 202220232024 $2.56B $3.76B ▲ +46.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 10,569 $2.6B
2023 3 12,133 $3.3B
2024 3 13,565 $3.8B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey

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

Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000 0510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.213607294 · Participants: 5655Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase PlanRetirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson, Total assets ($B): 21.095569114 · Participants: 37882Retirement Plan of Johnson and JohnsonJPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.066557714 · Participants: 83812JPMorgan Chase Retirement PlanNokia Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.855309 · Participants: 7280Nokia Retirement Income PlanThe Prudential Merged Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.025028912 · Participants: 16233The Prudential Merged Retirement PlanMerck US Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.090083286 · Participants: 26843Merck US Pension Plan
Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan

Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan reports $1.2B in end-of-year assets across 5,655 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $214,608 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $183M.

This plan identity (EIN 061061602, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $782M to $1.2B (+55.1%) while covered participants moved from 4,794 to 5,655 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 4,794 $782M Open filing
2023 5,135 $1.0B Open filing
2024 · index core 5,655 $1.2B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Ryder System, Inc. Retirement Plan in GA ($1.2B); by covered participants it is Hawaii Pacific Health Retirement Plan in HI (5,658 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,655 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan assets move in 2024?
Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan grew sharply - up 17.8% during 2024, from $1.0B to $1.2B. Reported net income was $183M.
How have Novo Nordisk Inc plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Novo Nordisk Inc's sponsor-wide assets grew 47.0%, from $2.6B to $3.8B.
Where does Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ryder System, Inc. Retirement Plan in GA ($1.2B, 2,321 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Novo Nordisk Inc. Money Purchase Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hawaii Pacific Health Retirement Plan in HI (5,658 participants, $430M in assets).