Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
The Babcock & Wilcox Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $599M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 303
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $2.0M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Employees of Babcock & Wilcox Commercial Operations · Sponsored by The Babcock & Wilcox Company · Ohio · Manufacturing
$599M in assets, 303 participants
The Babcock & Wilcox Company's Retirement Plan for Employees of Babcock & Wilcox Commercial Operations reported $599M in total assets and 303 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- #17,092 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Ohio
Retirement Plan for Employees of Babcock & Wilcox Commercial Operations covers 303 participants in Ohio, about 40% of the average Ohio filer (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $599M.
- #17,092
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -12.2%
- assets change YoY
- 6.0×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $83M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Retirement Plan for Employees of Babcock & Wilcox Commercial Operations's outsized position by total assets
Retirement Plan for Employees of Babcock & Wilcox Commercial Operations vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$599,246,619 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 Plan for Employees of Babcock & Wilcox Commercial Operations 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 Plan for Employees of Babcock & Wilcox Commercial Operations sits mid-pack in the medium band (303 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Babcock & Wilcox Commercial Operations reported net income fell from -$43M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$83M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Babcock & Wilcox Commercial Operations end-of-year assets fell from $683M in the plan year 2023 filing to $599M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Babcock & Wilcox Commercial Operations reported participants fell from 328 in the plan year 2023 filing to 303 in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 132933685 · The Babcock & Wilcox Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Retirement Plan for Employees of Babcock & Wilcox Commercial Operations · $599M · 303 · 98th
- ASSETS $599M
- PCT 303
- EIN 98th
- RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PHOTO near Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. Retirement Plan
- IND ind #17092
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 Ohio →
Retirement Plan for Employees of Babcock & Wilcox Commercial Operations in the asset neighbourhood
Ohio filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $683M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $599M |
| Net Income | -$83M |
| Employer EIN | 132933685 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2005-02-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Babcock & Wilcox Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Babcock & Wilcox Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.1B 6.160079237379176% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 1,005 | $1.1B |
| 2023 | 2 | 1,215 | $1.1B |
| 2024 | 2 | 1,266 | $1.1B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- GE Aerospace Pension Plan $19.0B · 9,637
- Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan $6.5B · 12,187
- American Electric Power System Retirement Plan $4.1B · 16,073
- Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan $3.9B · 10,387
- Parker Defined Benefit Pension Plan $3.5B · 8,120
Retirement Plan for Employees of Babcock & Wilcox Commercial Operations's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. Retirement Plan in DE ($599M); by covered participants it is G.I. Associates, LLC Defined Benefit Pension Plan and Trust in WI (303 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($599M here).
- Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. Retirement Plan (DE) $599M · 2,333
- Joint Pension Fund Local Union IBEW (NJ) $599M · 2,072
- America First Credit Union Pension Plan (UT) $600M · 2,645
- Connecticut Laborers' Pension Plan (CT) $601M · 2,401
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (303 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.