Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Archer Daniels Midland Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $667M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 8,042
- Participants Very large workforce
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $82,982
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Adm Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Archer Daniels Midland Company · Illinois · Manufacturing
$667M in assets, 8,042 participants
Archer Daniels Midland Company's Adm Retirement Plan reported $667M in total assets and 8,042 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- #17,146 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Adm Retirement Plan covers 8,042 participants in Illinois, 10x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $667M.
- #17,146
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -2.2%
- assets change YoY
- 6.7×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $16M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Adm Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Adm Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$667,343,240 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Adm Retirement 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. Adm Retirement Plan lands in the large band (8,042 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Adm Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $82M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$16M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Adm Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 7,840 in the plan year 2023 filing to 8,042 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Adm Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $683M in the plan year 2023 filing to $667M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 410129150 · Archer Daniels Midland Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Adm Retirement Plan · $667M · 8,042 · 98th
- EOY $667M
- 5500 8,042
- ASSETS 98th
- PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EIN near Sanofi US Group Pension Plan
- RANK ind #17146
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 Illinois →
Adm Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $683M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $667M |
| Net Income | -$16M |
| Employer EIN | 410129150 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1943-12-28 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Archer Daniels Midland Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Archer Daniels Midland Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.9B 11.505733911639464% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 33,376 | $3.5B |
| 2023 | 4 | 35,458 | $3.8B |
| 2024 | 4 | 35,541 | $3.9B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan $48.2B · 36,799
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees $37.7B · 41,619
- GE Healthcare Pension Plan $13.7B · 5,554
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $8.6B · 17,875
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund $8.2B · 20,984
Scale composition for Adm Retirement Plan
Adm Retirement Plan reports $667M in end-of-year assets across 8,042 participants (0.005% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $82,982 per participant (60% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$16M.
This plan identity (EIN 410129150, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $600M to $667M (+11.3%) while covered participants moved from 7,527 to 8,042 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,527 | $600M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 7,840 | $683M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,042 | $667M | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Adm 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Salaried Employees (401(k), $2.3B, 8,289 participants)
- Adm 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees (401(k), $702M, 9,931 participants)
- Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees (Defined Benefit (Pension), $251M, 9,279 participants)
Adm Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Sanofi US Group Pension Plan in NJ ($668M); by covered participants it is Retail Food Employers & Ufcw Local 711 Pension in UT (8,046 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($667M here).
- Sanofi US Group Pension Plan (NJ) $668M · 1,139
- Penske Cash Balance Benefit Plan (PA) $668M · 20,195
- IBEW Local 1249 Pension Plan (NY) $665M · 3,243
- Pension Fund of Local No. One of I. a. T. S. E. (NY) $665M · 2,004
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,042 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Retail Food Employers & Ufcw Local 711 Pension (UT) 8,046 · 4 off
- Bae Systems Employees' Retirement Plan (VA) 8,058 · 16 off
- Rochester General Health System Employee Retirement Plan (NY) 8,078 · 36 off
- The Albany Medical Center Retirement Plan (NY) 7,988 · 54 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.