Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Mars, Incorporated Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $5.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 8,869
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $573,875
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: U. S. Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Mars, Incorporated · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$5.1B in assets, 8,869 participants
Mars, Incorporated's U. S. Retirement Plan reported $5.1B in total assets and 8,869 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.
- #17,666 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
U. S. Retirement Plan covers 8,869 participants in New Jersey, 11x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $5.1B.
- #17,666
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -4.3%
- assets change YoY
- 51×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $229M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
U. S. Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
U. S. Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$5,089,699,119 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
U. S. 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. U. S. Retirement Plan lands in the large band (8,869 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- U. S. Retirement Plan reported net income fell from -$107M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$229M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- U. S. Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 9,670 in the plan year 2023 filing to 8,869 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- U. S. Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $5.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $5.1B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 221594774 · Mars, Incorporated PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
U. S. Retirement Plan · $5.1B · 8,869 · 100th
- SCH $5.1B
- SCH 8,869
- SCH 100th
- SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
- SCH near N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund
- SCH ind #17666
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 New Jersey →
U. S. Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $5.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $5.1B |
| Net Income | -$229M |
| Employer EIN | 221594774 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1968-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Mars, Incorporated)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Mars, Incorporated plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $11.7B 22.9945575884106% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 60,183 | $9.5B |
| 2023 | 5 | 58,554 | $11.0B |
| 2024 | 5 | 59,490 | $11.7B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson $21.1B · 37,882
- JPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan $16.1B · 83,812
- Nokia Retirement Income Plan $12.9B · 7,280
- The Prudential Merged Retirement Plan $12.0B · 16,233
- Merck US Pension Plan $10.1B · 26,843
Scale composition for U. S. Retirement Plan
U. S. Retirement Plan reports $5.1B in end-of-year assets across 8,869 participants (0.041% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $573,875 per participant (4.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$229M.
This plan identity (EIN 221594774, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $5.4B to $5.1B (-6.2%) while covered participants moved from 11,012 to 8,869 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11,012 | $5.4B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 9,670 | $5.3B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,869 | $5.1B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- U.S. Associate Savings Plan (401(k), $3.4B, 15,513 participants)
- Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $2.6B, 33,476 participants)
- Mars Deferred Compensation Plan (401(k), $598M, 627 participants)
- U.S. Associate Savings Advantage Plan (401(k), $23M, 1,005 participants)
U. S. Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund in MA ($5.1B); by covered participants it is Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan in NY (8,876 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($5.1B here).
- N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund (MA) $5.1B · 16,946
- Abbvie Pension Plan (IL) $5.0B · 13,656
- Berkshire Hathaway Consolidated Pension Plan (NE) $5.2B · 9,020
- Constellation Retirement Program (PA) $5.0B · 4,809
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,869 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan (NY) 8,876 · 7 off
- Southern California IBEW-NECA Pension Plan (CA) 8,896 · 27 off
- Exelon Corporation Retirement Program (IL) 8,898 · 29 off
- SEIU Affiliates Officers and Employees Pension Plan (DC) 8,921 · 52 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.