Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Molex LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$109M
Total assets Near avg plan size
674
Participants Below avg headcount
91st
Percentile by assets National rank
$162,274
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan · Sponsored by Molex LLC · Illinois · Manufacturing

$109M in assets, 674 participants

Molex LLC's Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan reported $109M in total assets and 674 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st 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.

  • #15,423 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan sits by assets

Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $109M for 674 participants (~$162,274/participant), down 5.0% in 2024.

#15,423
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-5.0%
assets change YoY
1.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $6M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$109,372,510 Top 9% higher than 91% 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

Molex Hourly 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. Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (674 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan reported net income fell from $227K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$6M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan reported participants fell from 744 in the plan year 2023 filing to 674 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $115M in the plan year 2023 filing to $109M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 362369491 · Molex LLC PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan · $109M · 674 · 91st

  • 5500 $109M
  • 5500 674
  • 5500 91st
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • 5500 near Ampex Consolidated Retirement Plan
  • 5500 ind #15423

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 →

Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Molex Hourly 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)$115M
Net Assets (End of Year)$109M
Net Income-$6M
Employer EIN362369491
Plan Effective Date1973-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Molex LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Molex LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.4B 24.97934158403668% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.1B$1.2B$1.3B$1.4B$1.5B 202220232024 $1.13B $1.41B ▲ +24.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,970 $1.1B
2023 2 8,099 $1.3B
2024 2 7,249 $1.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.10937251 · Participants: 674Molex Hourly Employees' Pension PlanCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.22071058 · Participants: 36799Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 37.736369487 · Participants: 41619State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesGE Healthcare Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.74052931 · Participants: 5554GE Healthcare Pension PlanAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.591907247 · Participants: 17875Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement PlanUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.17675965 · Participants: 20984United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund
Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Ampex Consolidated Retirement Plan in CT ($109M); by covered participants it is Pinkerton Tobacco Hourly Employees Retirement Plan in VA (675 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($109M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (674 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 Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan edged down modestly - down 5.0% during 2024, from $115M to $109M. Reported net income was -$6M.
How have Molex LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Molex LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 25.0%, from $1.1B to $1.4B.
Where does Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan ranks in the 91st percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ampex Consolidated Retirement Plan in CT ($109M, N/A participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Molex Hourly Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pinkerton Tobacco Hourly Employees Retirement Plan in VA (675 participants, $36M 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 362369491.

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.