Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Caterpillar Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $9.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 11,498
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $799,622
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan · Sponsored by Caterpillar Inc. · Texas · Manufacturing
$9.2B in assets, 11,498 participants
Caterpillar Inc.'s Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported $9.2B in total assets and 11,498 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #17,713 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Texas
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan covers 11,498 participants in Texas, 17x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $9.2B.
- #17,713
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -6.2%
- assets change YoY
- 92×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $609M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan's outsized position by total assets
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$9,194,049,700 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan is a mega filing (11,498 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported net income fell from $262M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$609M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan end-of-year assets fell from $9.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $9.2B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported participants fell from 12,138 in the plan year 2023 filing to 11,498 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 370602744 · Caterpillar Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan · $9.2B · 11,498 · 100th
- NET $9.2B
- BOOK 11,498
- VS-ST 100th
- BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- SCH near UPS Pension Plan
- EBSA ind #17713
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 →
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $9.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $9.2B |
| Net Income | -$609M |
| Employer EIN | 370602744 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1959-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Caterpillar Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Caterpillar Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $31.2B 17.462816221366566% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 59,865 | $26.6B |
| 2023 | 6 | 62,525 | $29.7B |
| 2024 | 6 | 64,709 | $31.2B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- AT&T Pension Benefit Plan $28.3B · 100,400
- Exxonmobil Pension Plan $12.1B · 22,000
- Chevron Retirement Plan $9.7B · 21,297
- Shell Pension Plan $9.7B · 12,688
- Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan $5.3B · 9,651
Scale composition for Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan reports $9.2B in end-of-year assets across 11,498 participants (0.075% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.012% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $799,622 per participant (5.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$609M.
This plan identity (EIN 370602744, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $9.5B to $9.2B (-3.6%) while covered participants moved from 12,815 to 11,498 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12,815 | $9.5B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 12,138 | $9.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 11,498 | $9.2B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $18.8B, 43,873 participants)
- Caterpillar Inc. Non-Contributory Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.4B, 1,749 participants)
- Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan (401(k), $749M, 7,176 participants)
Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is UPS Pension Plan in GA ($9.3B); by covered participants it is Wellstar Health System, Inc. Pension Plan in GA (11,455 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($9.2B here).
- UPS Pension Plan (GA) $9.3B · 157,587
- New England Teamsters Pension Fund (MA) $9.1B · 21,577
- GE Energy Pension Plan (NY) $8.9B · 5,829
- Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund (VA) $8.9B · 63,530
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11,498 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Wellstar Health System, Inc. Pension Plan (GA) 11,455 · 43 off
- Chicago & Vicinity Laborers' District Council Pension Plan (IL) 11,586 · 88 off
- Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I (NY) 11,289 · 209 off
- Operating Engineers Pension Trust (CA) 11,247 · 251 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.