Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Linde Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,738
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$308,782
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Linde U.S. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Linde Inc. · Connecticut · Manufacturing

$2.1B in assets, 6,738 participants

Linde Inc.'s Linde U.S. Pension Plan reported $2.1B in total assets and 6,738 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.

  • #17,533 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Connecticut

Linde U.S. Pension Plan covers 6,738 participants in Connecticut, 9.4x the typical Connecticut plan (state average ~718 per filing). Assets: $2.1B.

#17,533
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+6.5%
assets growth YoY
21×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Linde U.S. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Linde U.S. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,080,573,108 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

Linde U.S. Pension 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. Linde U.S. Pension Plan lands in the large band (6,738 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Linde U.S. Pension Plan reported net income fell from $157M in the plan year 2023 filing to $119M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Linde U.S. Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.0B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.1B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Linde U.S. Pension Plan reported participants rose from 6,359 in the plan year 2023 filing to 6,738 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 061249050 · Linde Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Linde U.S. Pension Plan · $2.1B · 6,738 · 99th

  • EBSA $2.1B
  • PART 6,738
  • TYPE 99th
  • NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOOK near Jefferson Defined Benefit Plan
  • VS-ST ind #17533

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 Connecticut →

Linde U.S. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Linde U.S. Pension Plan$2.1BJefferson Defined Benefit PlanJefferson Defined Benefit Pl…$2.1BNavy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement PlanNavy Federal Credit Union Em…$2.1BThe Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement PlanThe Northwestern Mutual Life…$2.1BAlaska Electrical Pension PlanAlaska Electrical Pension Pl…$2.1B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Linde U.S. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Connecticut filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.1B
Net Income$119M
Employer EIN061249050
Plan Effective Date1992-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Linde Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Linde Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$5.1B 103.55840059759257% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2B$3B$4B$5B$6B 202220232024 $2.52B $5.13B ▲ +103.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 10,207 $2.5B
2023 3 17,030 $4.8B
2024 3 17,939 $5.1B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Connecticut

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

Linde U.S. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 010000200003000040000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Linde U.S. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.080573108 · Participants: 6738Linde U.S. Pension PlanRtx Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 41.643558189 · Participants: 36180Rtx Consolidated Pension PlanThe Citigroup Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.993084827 · Participants: 15906The Citigroup Pension PlanEversource Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.763055773 · Participants: 3428Eversource Pension PlanRetirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc., Total assets ($B): 5.242514983 · Participants: 9682Retirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc.The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees, Total assets ($B): 3.395288837 · Participants: 7034The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees
Linde U.S. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants
Compare Linde U.S. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Linde U.S. Pension Plan

Linde U.S. Pension Plan reports $2.1B in end-of-year assets across 6,738 participants (0.017% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $308,782 per participant (2.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $119M.

This plan identity (EIN 061249050, plan #335) has 2 Form 5500 filings on file from 2023 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.0B to $2.1B (+6.5%) while covered participants moved from 6,359 to 6,738 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2023 6,359 $2.0B Open filing
2024 · index core 6,738 $2.1B This page

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

Linde U.S. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Connecticut, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Jefferson Defined Benefit Plan in PA ($2.1B); by covered participants it is Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla in VA (6,737 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.1B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,738 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 Linde U.S. Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Linde U.S. Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 6.5% during 2024, from $2.0B to $2.1B. Reported net income was $119M.
How have Linde Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Linde Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 103.6%, from $2.5B to $5.1B.
Where does Linde U.S. Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Linde U.S. Pension 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 Linde U.S. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Jefferson Defined Benefit Plan in PA ($2.1B, 6,179 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Linde U.S. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla in VA (6,737 participants, $8.4B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 061249050.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.