Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$369M
Total assets Above avg plan size
2,052
Participants Near avg headcount
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$179,669
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. · Sponsored by Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. · Illinois · Finance & Insurance

$369M in assets, 2,052 participants

Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.'s Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. reported $369M in total assets and 2,052 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.

  • #8,031 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. covers 2,052 participants in Illinois, 2.6x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $369M.

#8,031
in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
+4.8%
assets growth YoY
3.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.'s outsized position by total assets

Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. vs every filed plan by assets

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

$368,680,818 Top 4% higher than 96% 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

Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.'s large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. lands in the large band (2,052 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. reported net income fell from $19M in the plan year 2023 filing to $17M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. end-of-year assets rose from $352M in the plan year 2023 filing to $369M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. reported participants fell from 2,110 in the plan year 2023 filing to 2,052 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 364340266 · Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. · $369M · 2,052 · 96th

  • SCH $369M
  • SCH 2,052
  • SCH 96th
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Alpha Legacy Company Pension Plan
  • SCH ind #8031

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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. in the asset neighbourhood

Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.Pension Plan for Employees o…$369MAlpha Legacy Company Pension PlanAlpha Legacy Company Pension…$369MSilgan Closed Pension Plan$368MJones Day Pension Plan$368MIBEW Local 683 Pension Fund Pension PlanIBEW Local 683 Pension Fund …$368M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$352M
Net Assets (End of Year)$368M
Net Income$17M
Employer EIN364340266
Plan Effective Date1949-05-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.4B 29.05664669073953% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.1B$1.2B$1.3B$1.4B$1.5B 202220232024 $1.12B $1.45B ▲ +29.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 4,527 $1.1B
2023 2 4,392 $1.3B
2024 2 4,261 $1.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 01000020000300004000050000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc., Total assets ($B): 0.368680818 · Participants: 2052Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.Central 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
Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. side-by-side with 3 peers →

Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Alpha Legacy Company Pension Plan in TN ($369M); by covered participants it is Huntington Ingalls Industries Retirement Plan B in VA (2,051 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($369M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,052 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 Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. assets move in 2024? ▼
Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. edged up modestly - up 4.8% during 2024, from $352M to $369M. Reported net income was $17M.
How have Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 29.1%, from $1.1B to $1.4B.
Where does Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. ranks in the 96th 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 Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Alpha Legacy Company Pension Plan in TN ($369M, 1,113 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Pension Plan for Employees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Huntington Ingalls Industries Retirement Plan B in VA (2,051 participants, $1.4B 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 364340266.

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.