Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Johnson and Johnson Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$21.1B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
37,882
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$556,876
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson · Sponsored by Johnson and Johnson · New Jersey · Manufacturing

$21.1B in assets, 37,882 participants

Johnson and Johnson's Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson reported $21.1B in total assets and 37,882 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #17,762 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in New Jersey

Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson covers 37,882 participants in New Jersey, 45x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $21.1B.

#17,762
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-0.4%
assets change YoY
212×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $87M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson vs every filed plan by assets

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

$21,095,569,114 Highest reported value at or above every one 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 Plan of Johnson and Johnson's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson is a mega filing (37,882 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson reported net income fell from $1.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to -$87M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson end-of-year assets fell from $21.2B in the plan year 2023 filing to $21.1B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson reported participants rose from 37,749 in the plan year 2023 filing to 37,882 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 221024240 · Johnson and Johnson PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson · $21.1B · 37,882 · 100th

  • PCT $21.1B
  • PCT 37,882
  • PCT 100th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near UPS Retirement Plan
  • PCT ind #17762

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 New Jersey →

Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson in the asset neighbourhood

UPS Retirement Plan$21.2BRetirement Plan of Johnson and JohnsonRetirement Plan of Johnson a…$21.1BNational Electrical Benefit FundNational Electrical Benefit …$20.4BThe Bank of America Pension PlanThe Bank of America Pension …$19.0BGE Aerospace Pension Plan$19.0B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New Jersey filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$21.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$21.1B
Net Income-$87M
Employer EIN221024240
Plan Effective Date1976-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Johnson and Johnson)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Johnson and Johnson plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$46.3B 8.602657274734685% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$42B$44B$46B$48B 202220232024 $42.6B $46.3B ▲ +8.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 89,338 $42.6B
2023 5 88,565 $45.0B
2024 5 89,848 $46.3B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey

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

Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000 510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson, Total assets ($B): 21.095569114 · Participants: 37882Retirement Plan of Johnson and JohnsonJPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.066557714 · Participants: 83812JPMorgan Chase Retirement PlanNokia Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.855309 · Participants: 7280Nokia Retirement Income PlanThe Prudential Merged Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.025028912 · Participants: 16233The Prudential Merged Retirement PlanMerck US Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.090083286 · Participants: 26843Merck US Pension PlanMetlife Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.90973414 · Participants: 13263Metlife Retirement Plan
Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson

Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson reports $21.1B in end-of-year assets across 37,882 participants (0.17% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.040% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $556,876 per participant (4.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$87M.

This plan identity (EIN 221024240, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $19.8B to $21.1B (+6.4%) while covered participants moved from 38,100 to 37,882 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 38,100 $19.8B Open filing
2023 37,749 $21.2B Open filing
2024 · index core 37,882 $21.1B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is UPS Retirement Plan in GA ($21.2B); by covered participants it is Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension Plan in CO (38,340 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($21.1B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (37,882 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 Plan of Johnson and Johnson assets move in 2024? ▼
Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson held essentially flat - down 0.4% during 2024, from $21.2B to $21.1B. Reported net income was -$87M.
How have Johnson and Johnson plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Johnson and Johnson's sponsor-wide assets grew 8.6%, from $42.6B to $46.3B.
Where does Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is UPS Retirement Plan in GA ($21.2B, 43,465 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension Plan in CO (38,340 participants, $1.3B 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 221024240.

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.