Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Stepan Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $98M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 150
- Participants Small participant base
- 90th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $650,634
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees · Sponsored by Stepan Company · Illinois · Manufacturing
$98M in assets, 150 participants
Stepan Company's Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees reported $98M in total assets and 150 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th 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.
- #15,214 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees covers 150 participants in Illinois, about 19% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $98M.
- #15,214
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -9.2%
- assets change YoY
- 1.0×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $10M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees's outsized position by total assets
Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$97,595,160 Top 10% higher than 90% 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
Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees 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. Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees sits mid-pack in the medium band (150 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$10M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees reported participants fell from 208 in the plan year 2023 filing to 150 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees end-of-year assets fell from $107M in the plan year 2023 filing to $98M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 361823834 · Stepan Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees · $98M · 150 · 90th
- BOY $98M
- SCH 150
- EBSA 90th
- PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
- TYPE near Newport News Shipbuilding Employees' Credit Union Inc Retirement Plan
- NET ind #15214
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 Illinois →
Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $107M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $98M |
| Net Income | -$10M |
| Employer EIN | 361823834 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1943-12-15 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Stepan Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Stepan Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $564M 0.3631700543468656% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 2,847 | $562M |
| 2023 | 5 | 2,836 | $595M |
| 2024 | 5 | 2,748 | $564M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan $48.2B · 36,799
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees $37.7B · 41,619
- GE Healthcare Pension Plan $13.7B · 5,554
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $8.6B · 17,875
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund $8.2B · 20,984
Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Newport News Shipbuilding Employees' Credit Union Inc Retirement Plan in VA ($98M); by covered participants it is The Nassau Companies of New York Employee Pension Plan in CT (150 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($98M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (150 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.