Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Essity North America Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$106M
Total assets Near avg plan size
230
Participants Below avg headcount
91st
Percentile by assets National rank
$460,640
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Essity North America Inc. · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

$106M in assets, 230 participants

Essity North America Inc.'s Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan reported $106M in total assets and 230 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.

  • #15,363 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan covers 230 participants in Pennsylvania, about 28% of the average Pennsylvania filer (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $106M.

#15,363
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-4.4%
assets change YoY
1.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $5M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$105,947,097 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

Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement 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. Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (230 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $6M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$5M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 247 in the plan year 2023 filing to 230 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $111M in the plan year 2023 filing to $106M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 233061590 · Essity North America Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan · $106M · 230 · 91st

  • NET $106M
  • BOOK 230
  • VS-ST 91st
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Hogan Lovells US LLP Cash Balance Plan
  • EBSA ind #15363

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 Pennsylvania →

Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Retirement Plan for Employees of Yakima Valley Memorial HospitalRetirement Plan for Employee…$106MVirginia Federal Credit Union Defined Benefit PlanVirginia Federal Credit Unio…$106MHogan Lovells US LLP Cash Balance PlanHogan Lovells US LLP Cash Ba…$106MWausau Paper Corp. Retirement PlanWausau Paper Corp. Retiremen…$106MTtx Company Pension Plan$106M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$111M
Net Assets (End of Year)$106M
Net Income-$5M
Employer EIN233061590
Plan Effective Date1963-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Essity North America Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Essity North America Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.2B 10.795298598572556% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.05B$1.1B$1.15B$1.2B$1.25B 202220232024 $1.08B $1.2B ▲ +11.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 3,985 $1.1B
2023 4 3,959 $1.2B
2024 4 3,839 $1.2B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.105947097 · Participants: 230Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement PlanNational Elevator Industry Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.213235301 · Participants: 28308National Elevator Industry Pension PlanSteelworkers Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 7.234971663 · Participants: 46110Steelworkers Pension TrustThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.528998 · Participants: 58779The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.178651926 · Participants: 6387The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension PlanConstellation Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 5.003720253 · Participants: 4809Constellation Retirement Program
Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Hogan Lovells US LLP Cash Balance Plan in DC ($106M); by covered participants it is Its Technologies & Logistics, LLC Employees Pension Plan in IL (230 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (230 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 Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan edged down modestly - down 4.4% during 2024, from $111M to $106M. Reported net income was -$5M.
How have Essity North America Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Essity North America Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 10.8%, from $1.1B to $1.2B.
Where does Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement 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 Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hogan Lovells US LLP Cash Balance Plan in DC ($106M, 384 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Wausau Paper Corp. Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Its Technologies & Logistics, LLC Employees Pension Plan in IL (230 participants, N/A 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 233061590.

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.