Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $285M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 336
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 96th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $847,651
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees · Sponsored by Packaging Corporation of America · Illinois · Manufacturing
$285M in assets, 336 participants
Packaging Corporation of America's Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees reported $285M in total assets and 336 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.
- #16,566 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees covers 336 participants in Illinois, about 43% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $285M.
- #16,566
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -2.5%
- assets change YoY
- 2.9×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $7M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees's outsized position by total assets
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$284,810,599 Top 4% higher than 96% 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
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees 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. Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees sits mid-pack in the medium band (336 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees reported net income fell from $46M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$7M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees reported participants fell from 377 in the plan year 2023 filing to 336 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees end-of-year assets fell from $292M in the plan year 2023 filing to $285M in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 364277050 · Packaging Corporation of America PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees · $285M · 336 · 96th
- EOY $285M
- 5500 336
- ASSETS 96th
- PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EIN near Mueller Group, LLC Pension Plan for Selected Employees
- RANK ind #16566
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 →
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $292M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $285M |
| Net Income | -$7M |
| Employer EIN | 364277050 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2004-05-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Packaging Corporation of America)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Packaging Corporation of America plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4.0B 22.235714965809493% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 20,251 | $3.3B |
| 2023 | 5 | 20,299 | $3.7B |
| 2024 | 5 | 19,472 | $4.0B |
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
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Mueller Group, LLC Pension Plan for Selected Employees in GA ($285M); by covered participants it is Allen Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Income Plan in IA (336 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($285M here).
- Mueller Group, LLC Pension Plan for Selected Employees (GA) $285M · 371
- Fanuc Robotics America Retirement Plan (MI) $285M · 293
- Retirement Plan for Pilots of Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. (HI) $285M · 143
- Local No. 41 IBEW Pension Plan (NY) $285M · 628
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (336 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.