Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Kaman Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$521M
Total assets Above avg plan size
398
Participants Below avg headcount
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.3M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan · Sponsored by Kaman Corporation · Connecticut · Manufacturing

$521M in assets, 398 participants

Kaman Corporation's Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan reported $521M in total assets and 398 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.

  • #17,012 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan sits by assets

Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $521M for 398 participants (~$1.3M/participant), down 6.5% in 2024.

#17,012
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-6.5%
assets change YoY
5.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $36M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$520,618,028 Top 3% higher than 97% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension 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. Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (398 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan reported net income fell from $12M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$36M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan reported participants fell from 457 in the plan year 2023 filing to 398 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $557M in the plan year 2023 filing to $521M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 060613548 · Kaman Corporation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan · $521M · 398 · 97th

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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 Connecticut →

Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$557M
Net Assets (End of Year)$521M
Net Income-$36M
Employer EIN060613548
Plan Effective Date1954-12-20
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Kaman Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Kaman Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$973M 6.678876132046489% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$900M$920M$940M$960M$980M 202220232024 $912M $973M ▲ +6.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 2,114 $912M
2023 2 2,140 $972M
2024 2 2,055 $973M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Connecticut

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.520618028 · Participants: 398Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension PlanRtx Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 41.643558189 · Participants: 36180Rtx Consolidated Pension PlanThe Citigroup Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.993084827 · Participants: 15906The Citigroup Pension PlanEversource Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.763055773 · Participants: 3428Eversource Pension PlanRetirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc., Total assets ($B): 5.242514983 · Participants: 9682Retirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc.The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees, Total assets ($B): 3.395288837 · Participants: 7034The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees
Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants
Compare Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Connecticut, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Nysut Employees Retirement Plan in NY ($520M); by covered participants it is Oxychem Pension Plan for Union Represented Employees in TX (398 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($521M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (398 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan pulled back noticeably - down 6.5% during 2024, from $557M to $521M. Reported net income was -$36M.
How have Kaman Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Kaman Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 6.7%, from $912M to $973M.
Where does Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 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 Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Nysut Employees Retirement Plan in NY ($520M, 391 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Kaman Corporation Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Oxychem Pension Plan for Union Represented Employees in TX (398 participants, $23M in assets).

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 060613548.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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