Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $2.4B
- Total assets
- 48,793
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $49,296
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Ernst & Young Defined Benefit Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Ernst & Young U.S. LLP · New Jersey · Professional & Technical Services
$2.4B in assets, 48,793 participants
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP's Ernst & Young Defined Benefit Retirement Plan reported $2.4B in total assets and 48,793 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- #19,470 in Professional & Technical Services (19,542 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
Ernst & Young Defined Benefit Retirement Plan covers 48,793 participants in New Jersey, 56x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~865 per filing). Assets: $2.4B.
- $2.4B
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 48,793
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $49,296
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Ernst & Young Defined Benefit Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $285M in the plan year 2023 filing to $227M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Ernst & Young Defined Benefit Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 45,954 in the plan year 2023 filing to 48,793 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Ernst & Young Defined Benefit Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.4B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Participants vs New Jersey filers
In New Jersey, the average filing covers about 865 participants across 3,927 plans. Ernst & Young Defined Benefit Retirement Plan reports 48,793 participants - 56x that state average ($2.4B EOY assets).
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.4B |
| Net Income | $227M |
| Employer EIN | 346565596 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1990-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Ernst & Young U.S. LLP)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 100,421 | $22.7B |
| 2023 | 5 | 110,953 | $25.5B |
| 2024 | 5 | 111,083 | $28.5B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Ernst & Young Defined Benefit Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants
- Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson $21.1B · 37,882
- JPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan $16.1B · 83,812
- Nokia Retirement Income Plan $12.9B · 7,280
- The Prudential Merged Retirement Plan $12.0B · 16,233
- Merck US Pension Plan $10.1B · 26,843
Scale composition for Ernst & Young Defined Benefit Retirement Plan
Ernst & Young Defined Benefit Retirement Plan reports $2.4B in end-of-year assets across 48,793 participants (0.021% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.054% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $49,296 per participant (36% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $227M.
This plan identity (EIN 346565596, plan #111) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.1B to $2.4B (+12.0%) while covered participants moved from 41,604 to 48,793 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 41,604 | $2.1B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 45,954 | $2.3B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 48,793 | $2.4B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Ernst & Young Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $18.3B, 56,714 participants)
- Ernst & Young Partnership Defined Benefit Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $3.0B, 3,910 participants)
- Ernst & Young Partnership Retirement (Hr-10) Plan (Profit Sharing, $2.5B, 1,666 participants)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Ernst & Young Defined Benefit Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Pension Plan for Employees at Ornl (TN) $2.4B · 6,357
- The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan (NC) $2.4B · 1,745
- Frontier Communications Pension Plan (CT) $2.4B · 8,761
- Equity-League Pension Trust Fund (NY) $2.4B · 20,243
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Filing takeaways
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- By total assets, Ernst & Young Defined Benefit Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey. Compare plans
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP's sponsor-wide assets have grown 25.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Professional & Technical Services plans