Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Celanese Americas LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.9B
Total assets Very large vs avg
1,096
Participants Near avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.7M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan · Sponsored by Celanese Americas LLC · Texas · Manufacturing

$1.9B in assets, 1,096 participants

Celanese Americas LLC's Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan reported $1.9B in total assets and 1,096 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.

  • #17,509 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan sits by assets

Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan sits among the largest 1% of all filed plans, $1.9B for 1,096 participants (~$1.7M/participant), down 9.0% in 2024.

#17,509
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-9.0%
assets change YoY
19×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $149M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,881,299,812 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

Celanese Americas Retirement 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. Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan lands in the large band (1,096 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan reported net income fell from -$9M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$149M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $2.1B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.9B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan reported participants fell from 1,192 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,096 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 221862783 · Celanese Americas LLC PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan · $1.9B · 1,096 · 99th

  • PCT $1.9B
  • EIN 1,096
  • RANK 99th
  • PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near Pension Plan of the Pacific Northwest Laboratories Battelle Memorial Institute
  • EOY ind #17509

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 Texas →

Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Celanese Americas Retirement Pension PlanCelanese Americas Retirement…$1.9BPension Plan of the Pacific Northwest Laboratories Battelle Memorial InstitutePension Plan of the Pacific …$1.9BMacys Inc Cash Account Pension PlanMacys Inc Cash Account Pensi…$1.9BPepco Holdings LLC Retirement PlanPepco Holdings LLC Retiremen…$1.9BKpmg Partner Pension Plan$1.9B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.9B
Net Income-$149M
Employer EIN221862783
Plan Effective Date1947-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Celanese Americas LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Celanese Americas LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.9B 2.1996450656249165% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.7B$2.8B$2.9B$3B$3.1B 202220232024 $2.81B $2.87B ▲ +2.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 4,409 $2.8B
2023 3 4,445 $3.0B
2024 2 4,163 $2.9B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

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

Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 0102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.881299812 · Participants: 1096Celanese Americas Retirement Pension PlanAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 28.265893 · Participants: 100400AT&T Pension Benefit PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.095 · Participants: 22000Exxonmobil Pension PlanChevron Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.731784707 · Participants: 21297Chevron Retirement PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.694184685 · Participants: 12688Shell Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.1940497 · Participants: 11498Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan
Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan of the Pacific Northwest Laboratories Battelle Memorial Institute in OH ($1.9B); by covered participants it is Redstone Federal Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan in AL (1,097 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.9B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,096 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 Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan pulled back noticeably - down 9.0% during 2024, from $2.1B to $1.9B. Reported net income was -$149M.
How have Celanese Americas LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Celanese Americas LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 2.2%, from $2.8B to $2.9B.
Where does Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Celanese Americas Retirement 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 Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pension Plan of the Pacific Northwest Laboratories Battelle Memorial Institute in OH ($1.9B, 5,310 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Celanese Americas Retirement Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Redstone Federal Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan in AL (1,097 participants, $168M 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 221862783.

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.