Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
International Paper Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $8.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 20,795
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $393,817
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan of International Paper Company · Sponsored by International Paper Company · Tennessee · Manufacturing
$8.2B in assets, 20,795 participants
International Paper Company's Retirement Plan of International Paper Company reported $8.2B in total assets and 20,795 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #17,699 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Tennessee
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company covers 20,795 participants in Tennessee, 18x the typical Tennessee plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $8.2B.
- #17,699
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -7.3%
- assets change YoY
- 82×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $647M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company's outsized position by total assets
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$8,189,421,510 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Plan of International Paper Company is a mega filing (20,795 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Retirement Plan of International Paper Company reported net income fell from -$4M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$647M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Retirement Plan of International Paper Company end-of-year assets fell from $8.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $8.2B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Retirement Plan of International Paper Company reported participants rose from 20,164 in the plan year 2023 filing to 20,795 in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 130872805 · International Paper Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company · $8.2B · 20,795 · 100th
- RANK $8.2B
- RANK 20,795
- RANK 100th
- RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
- RANK near United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund
- RANK ind #17699
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 Tennessee →
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company in the asset neighbourhood
Tennessee filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $8.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $8.2B |
| Net Income | -$647M |
| Employer EIN | 130872805 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1945-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (International Paper Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All International Paper Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $15.0B 2.8433620806133577% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 52,962 | $14.6B |
| 2023 | 3 | 53,148 | $15.2B |
| 2024 | 3 | 54,521 | $15.0B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Tennessee
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Fedex Corporation Employees' Pension Plan $26.9B · 125,941
- Pace Industry Union-Management Pension Fund $2.8B · 3,134
- Pension Plan for Employees at Ornl $2.4B · 6,357
- Retirement Program Plan for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee $2.0B · 2,516
- Nissan Employee Retirement Plan $1.6B · 4,074
Scale composition for Retirement Plan of International Paper Company
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company reports $8.2B in end-of-year assets across 20,795 participants (0.066% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.022% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $393,817 per participant (2.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$647M.
This plan identity (EIN 130872805, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $8.8B to $8.2B (-7.4%) while covered participants moved from 20,914 to 20,795 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20,914 | $8.8B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 20,164 | $8.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 20,795 | $8.2B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- International Paper Company Salaried Savings Plan (401(k), $5.0B, 12,564 participants)
- International Paper Company Hourly Savings Plan (401(k), $1.8B, 21,162 participants)
Retirement Plan of International Paper Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Tennessee, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund in IL ($8.2B); by covered participants it is Bjc Pension Plan in MO (20,653 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($8.2B here).
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund (IL) $8.2B · 20,984
- Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan (MN) $8.3B · 46,875
- Dominion Energy Pension Plan (VA) $8.3B · 11,758
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan for Scpmg (CA) $8.4B · 50,341
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (20,795 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Bjc Pension Plan (MO) 20,653 · 142 off
- Kpmg Pension Plan (NJ) 20,564 · 231 off
- New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan (NY) 20,564 · 231 off
- Northside Hospital, Inc. Pension Plan (GA) 20,425 · 370 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.