Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Superior Essex, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$87M
Total assets Below avg plan size
58
Participants Small participant base
89th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.5M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. · Sponsored by Superior Essex, Inc. · Georgia · Manufacturing

$87M in assets, 58 participants

Superior Essex, Inc.'s Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. reported $87M in total assets and 58 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.

  • #14,994 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. sits by assets

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $87M for 58 participants (~$1.5M/participant), up 0.9% in 2024.

#14,994
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+0.9%
assets growth YoY
0.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.'s outsized position by total assets

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. vs every filed plan by assets

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

$86,500,815 Top 11% higher than 89% 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

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. is a small filing (58 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. reported net income fell from $6M in the plan year 2023 filing to $798K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. reported participants fell from 67 in the plan year 2023 filing to 58 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. end-of-year assets rose from $86M in the plan year 2023 filing to $87M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 200282396 · Superior Essex, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. · $87M · 58 · 89th

  • PHOTO $87M
  • IND 58
  • EOY 89th
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers
  • PCT ind #14994

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 Georgia →

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. in the asset neighbourhood

Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and TrainersNba Pension Plan for Coaches…$87MRetirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.Retirement Income Plan for S…$87MPlumbers & Steamfitters Local No. 452 Pension Trust FundPlumbers & Steamfitters Loca…$86MMcguirewoods LLP Cash Balance Pension Plan for Equity PartnersMcguirewoods LLP Cash Balanc…$86MOutstate Michigan Trowel Trades Pension FundOutstate Michigan Trowel Tra…$86M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$86M
Net Assets (End of Year)$87M
Net Income$798K
Employer EIN200282396
Plan Effective Date1988-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Superior Essex, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Superior Essex, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$333M 18.531949623433576% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$260M$280M$300M$320M$340M 202220232024 $281M $333M ▲ +18.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 1,884 $281M
2023 4 1,902 $313M
2024 4 1,879 $333M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Georgia

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

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 0.086500815 · Participants: 58Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.UPS Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.2364871 · Participants: 43465UPS Retirement PlanThe Southern Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.319238036 · Participants: 25843The Southern Company Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.219463258 · Participants: 69627UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.280234765 · Participants: 157587UPS Pension PlanDelta Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.253434311 · Participants: 15222Delta Retirement Plan
Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Georgia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers in NJ ($87M); by covered participants it is Jack Rubin & Sons, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA (58 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (58 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 Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. assets move in 2024? ▼
Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. held essentially flat - up 0.9% during 2024, from $86M to $87M. Reported net income was $798K.
How have Superior Essex, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Superior Essex, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 18.5%, from $281M to $333M.
Where does Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc. ranks in the 89th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Nba Pension Plan for Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Trainers in NJ ($87M, 49 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Essex Group, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Jack Rubin & Sons, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA (58 participants, $5M 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 200282396.

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.