Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-06

$497M
Total assets
1,037
Participants
97th
Percentile by assets
$479,256
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan · Sponsored by Packaging Corporation of America · Illinois · Manufacturing

$497M in assets, 1,037 participants

Packaging Corporation of America's Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan reported $497M in total assets and 1,037 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • 97th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)

Where Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan sits by assets

Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $497M for 1,037 participants (~$479,256/participant), down 5.1% in 2024.

$497M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
1,037
covered participants
97th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$479,256
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $27M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan reported net income fell from $14M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$27M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan reported participants fell from 1,178 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,037 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $524M in the plan year 2023 filing to $497M in the plan year 2024 filing.

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Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution

By assets, Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan outranks 97% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 5.0x the national average plan size of $100M (730 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$524M
Net Assets (End of Year)$497M
Net Income-$27M
Employer EIN364277050
Plan Effective Date2008-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Packaging Corporation of America)

$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B 202220232024 $3.26B $3.99B â–² +22.4%
Total plan assets by year, all Packaging Corporation of America plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 8 20,251 $3.3B
2023 5 20,299 $3.7B
2024 5 19,472 $4.0B

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Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants

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Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants

Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally

Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan by total assets, not by location.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan assets move in 2024?
Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan pulled back noticeably - down 5.1% during 2024, from $524M to $497M. Reported net income was -$27M.
How have Packaging Corporation of America plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Packaging Corporation of America's sponsor-wide assets grew 22.2%, from $3.3B to $4.0B.
Where does Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 116,472 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Permanente Physicians Retirement Plan for Hpmg, Inc. in CA ($498M, 789 participants).

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 364277050.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.