Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Superior Essex, Inc Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $33M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 131
- Participants Small participant base
- 79th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $253,723
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc · Sponsored by Superior Essex, Inc · Georgia · Manufacturing
$33M in assets, 131 participants
Superior Essex, Inc's Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc reported $33M in total assets and 131 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 79th 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.
- #12,581 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Georgia
Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc covers 131 participants in Georgia, about 12% of the average Georgia filer (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $33M.
- #12,581
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +2.5%
- assets growth YoY
- 0.3×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc's outsized position by total assets
Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$33,237,674 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc 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. Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc sits mid-pack in the medium band (131 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc reported net income fell from $3M in the plan year 2023 filing to $817K in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc reported participants fell from 150 in the plan year 2023 filing to 131 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc end-of-year assets rose from $32M in the plan year 2023 filing to $33M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 200282396 · Superior Essex, Inc PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc · $33M · 131 · 79th
- PART $33M
- TYPE 131
- NET 79th
- BOOK Defined Benefit (Pension)
- VS-ST near Enstar Natural Gas Company, LLC Retirement Plan for Non-Union Employees
- BOY ind #12581
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 Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc in the asset neighbourhood
Georgia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $32M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $33M |
| Net Income | $817K |
| Employer EIN | 200282396 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1967-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING 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
| 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.
- UPS Retirement Plan $21.2B · 43,465
- The Southern Company Pension Plan $15.3B · 25,843
- UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan $12.2B · 69,627
- UPS Pension Plan $9.3B · 157,587
- Delta Retirement Plan $7.3B · 15,222
Retirement Income Plan for Hourly 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 Enstar Natural Gas Company, LLC Retirement Plan for Non-Union Employees in AK ($33M); by covered participants it is Univest Financial Corporation Retirement Plan in PA (131 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($33M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (131 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.