Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Mcdermott Will & Schulte LLP Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$201M
Total assets Near avg plan size
271
Participants Below avg headcount
94th
Percentile by assets National rank
$742,450
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Mw&e Cash Balance Plan · Sponsored by Mcdermott Will & Schulte LLP · Illinois · Professional & Technical Services

$201M in assets, 271 participants

Mcdermott Will & Schulte LLP's Mw&e Cash Balance Plan reported $201M in total assets and 271 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • #19,249 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan covers 271 participants in Illinois, about 35% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $201M.

#19,249
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+32.0%
assets growth YoY
2.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan's outsized position by total assets

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$201,203,936 Top 6% higher than 94% 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

Mw&e Cash Balance 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. Mw&e Cash Balance Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (271 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Mw&e Cash Balance Plan end-of-year assets rose from $152M in the plan year 2023 filing to $201M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Mw&e Cash Balance Plan reported net income fell from $50M in the plan year 2023 filing to $49M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Mw&e Cash Balance Plan reported participants rose from 266 in the plan year 2023 filing to 271 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 361453176 · Mcdermott Will & Schulte LLP PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan · $201M · 271 · 94th

  • RANK $201M
  • PHOTO 271
  • IND 94th
  • EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • 5500 near Spire Missouri Employees' Retirement Plan
  • ASSETS ind #19249

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan in the asset neighbourhood

United Asso Journeymen & Apprnc Pension FundUnited Asso Journeymen & App…$201MMony Life Retirement Income Security Plan for EmployeesMony Life Retirement Income …$201MSpire Missouri Employees' Retirement PlanSpire Missouri Employees' Re…$201MMw&e Cash Balance Plan$201MKern County Electrical Workers Pension FundKern County Electrical Worke…$201M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Mw&e Cash Balance Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$152M
Net Assets (End of Year)$201M
Net Income$49M
Employer EIN361453176
Plan Effective Date2020-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Mcdermott Will & Schulte LLP)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Mcdermott Will & Schulte LLP plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.2B 97.27445112013213% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.5B$2B$2.5B 202220232024 $1.11B $2.19B ▲ +97.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 2,147 $1.1B
2023 2 2,264 $1.4B
2024 8 3,403 $2.2B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Mw&e Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.201203936 · Participants: 271Mw&e Cash Balance 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
Mw&e Cash Balance Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Mw&e Cash Balance Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Mw&e Cash Balance Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Spire Missouri Employees' Retirement Plan in MO ($201M); by covered participants it is California School Employees Association Retirement Plan in CA (271 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (271 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 Mw&e Cash Balance Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Mw&e Cash Balance Plan surged - up 32.0% during 2024, from $152M to $201M. Reported net income was $49M.
How have Mcdermott Will & Schulte LLP plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Mcdermott Will & Schulte LLP's sponsor-wide assets grew 97.3%, from $1.1B to $2.2B.
Where does Mw&e Cash Balance Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Mw&e Cash Balance Plan ranks in the 94th 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 Mw&e Cash Balance Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Spire Missouri Employees' Retirement Plan in MO ($201M, 2,045 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Mw&e Cash Balance Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is California School Employees Association Retirement Plan in CA (271 participants, $274M 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 361453176.

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.