Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Bausch + Lomb Americas Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $155M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 602
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 93rd
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $258,088
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan · Sponsored by Bausch + Lomb Americas Inc. · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$155M in assets, 602 participants
Bausch + Lomb Americas Inc.'s The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan reported $155M in total assets and 602 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 93rd 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.
- #15,939 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Where The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan sits by assets
The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $155M for 602 participants (~$258,088/participant), down 5.5% in 2024.
- #15,939
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -5.5%
- assets change YoY
- 1.6×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $9M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$155,369,062 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (602 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$9M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan reported participants fell from 654 in the plan year 2023 filing to 602 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan end-of-year assets fell from $164M in the plan year 2023 filing to $155M in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 854359919 · Bausch + Lomb Americas Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan · $155M · 602 · 93rd
- EOY $155M
- 5500 602
- ASSETS 93rd
- PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EIN near Pension Fund of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
- RANK ind #15939
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 →
The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $164M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $155M |
| Net Income | -$9M |
| Employer EIN | 854359919 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1942-12-28 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bausch + Lomb Americas Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Bausch + Lomb Americas Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $969M 25.15374954830991% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 5,392 | $774M |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,329 | $883M |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,656 | $969M |
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
The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Fund of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12 in NY ($155M); by covered participants it is Olympus Corporation of the Americas Pension Plan in PA (602 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($155M here).
- Pension Fund of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12 (NY) $155M · 413
- Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated (VA) $155M · 2,655
- Maimonides Medical Center Pension Plan (NY) $155M · 629
- Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension Fund (IL) $156M · 495
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (602 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.