Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Archer Daniels Midland Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $251M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 9,279
- Participants Very large workforce
- 95th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $27,077
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees · Sponsored by Archer Daniels Midland Company · Illinois · Manufacturing
$251M in assets, 9,279 participants
Archer Daniels Midland Company's Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees reported $251M in total assets and 9,279 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.
- #16,440 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees covers 9,279 participants in Illinois, 12x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $251M.
- #16,440
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -4.0%
- assets change YoY
- 2.5×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $10M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees's outsized position by total assets
Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$251,249,198 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees'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 Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees lands in the large band (9,279 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees reported net income fell from $20M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$10M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees end-of-year assets fell from $262M in the plan year 2023 filing to $251M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees reported participants fell from 9,449 in the plan year 2023 filing to 9,279 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 410129150 · Archer Daniels Midland Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees · $251M · 9,279 · 95th
- VS-ST $251M
- BOY 9,279
- SCH 95th
- EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PART near Ropes & Gray LLP Supplemental Retirement Shares Plan
- TYPE ind #16440
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 Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $262M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $251M |
| Net Income | -$10M |
| Employer EIN | 410129150 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1957-09-01 |
| 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 Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees
Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees reports $251M in end-of-year assets across 9,279 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $27,077 per participant (20% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$10M.
This plan identity (EIN 410129150, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $242M to $251M (+3.8%) while covered participants moved from 8,827 to 9,279 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8,827 | $242M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 9,449 | $262M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 9,279 | $251M | 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 Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $667M, 8,042 participants)
Adm Pension Plan for Hourly-Wage Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Ropes & Gray LLP Supplemental Retirement Shares Plan in MA ($251M); by covered participants it is The Southern California Edison Company Retirement Plan in CA (9,333 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($251M here).
- Ropes & Gray LLP Supplemental Retirement Shares Plan (MA) $251M · 334
- United Furniture Workers Pension Fund a (TN) $252M · 755
- Steamfitters Local Union No. 464 Pension Plan (NE) $251M · 1,161
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Reckitt Benckiser LLC (NJ) $251M · 232
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,279 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Southern California Edison Company Retirement Plan (CA) 9,333 · 54 off
- The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants (TX) 9,218 · 61 off
- Producer-Writers Guild of America Pension Plan (CA) 9,218 · 61 off
- New York Life Insurance Company Pension Plan (NY) 9,376 · 97 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.