Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$329M
Total assets
311
Participants
96th
Percentile by assets
$1.1M
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Otter Tail Corporation · Minnesota · Utilities

What the 2024 filing shows

Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan holds $329M for 311 participants - about $1.1M per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, down 0.9% over the 2024 plan year.

$329M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
311
covered participants
96th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$1.1M
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $3M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Utilities

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan

Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Otter Tail Corporation, headquartered in Minnesota. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $329M in total end-of-year assets and covers 311 participants across the Utilities industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 270383995, and the plan has been effective since 1976-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets held essentially flat from $332M at the beginning of 2024 to $329M at year-end - down 0.9%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $329M, with reported net income of -$3M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Otter Tail Corporation has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $683M to $783M, a gain of 14.7%, while reported participants moved from 3,664 to 3,847 (+5.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $783M; the softest was 2022 at $683M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $683M in assets across 3 plans covering 3,664 participants; 2023 - $760M in assets across 3 plans covering 3,571 participants; 2024 - $783M in assets across 3 plans covering 3,847 participants.

By assets, Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan outranks 96% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 3.3x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$332M
Total Assets (End of Year)$329M
Net Assets (End of Year)$329M
Net Income-$3M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN270383995
Plan Effective Date1976-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Otter Tail Corporation)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 3,664 $683M
2023 3 3,571 $760M
2024 3 3,847 $783M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan holds $329M in total assets with 311 participants. It is sponsored by Otter Tail Corporation.
What type of plan is Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan?
Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1976-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 270383995.
Who sponsors the Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan?
Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan is sponsored by Otter Tail Corporation, located in Minnesota. The sponsor's EIN is 270383995 and the plan operates in the Utilities industry.
How did Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan perform in 2024?
Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan held essentially flat - down 0.9% during 2024, moving from $332M to $329M in total assets. Net income was -$3M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Otter Tail Corporation Pension Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota. Compare plans
  • Otter Tail Corporation's sponsor-wide assets have grown 14.7% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Utilities plans
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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 270383995.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.