Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Stepan Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3M
Total assets Small plan by assets
16
Participants Small participant base
34th
Percentile by assets National rank
$188,860
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees · Sponsored by Stepan Company · Illinois · Manufacturing

$3M in assets, 16 participants

Stepan Company's Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees reported $3M in total assets and 16 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 34th 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.

  • #3,152 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

What the 2024 filing shows

Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees holds $3M for 16 participants - about $188,860 per participant, in the lower half of filed plans by assets.

#3,152
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-4.4%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $139K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,021,755 34th percentile higher than 34% 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

Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees among smaller 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 Maywood Hourly Employees is a small filing (16 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees reported net income fell from -$66K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$139K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees end-of-year assets fell from $3M in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 361823834 · Stepan Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees · $3M · 16 · 34th

  • ASSETS $3M
  • ASSETS 16
  • ASSETS 34th
  • ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near L. Victor Lizzul, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan
  • ASSETS ind #3152

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 Maywood Hourly Employees in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3M
Net Assets (End of Year)$3M
Net Income-$139K
Employer EIN361823834
Plan Effective Date1962-01-01
Filing StatusFILING 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
$550M$560M$570M$580M$590M$600M 202220232024 $562M $564M ▲ +0.4%
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.

Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.003021755 · Participants: 16Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly EmployeesCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.22071058 · Participants: 36799Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 37.736369487 · Participants: 41619State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesGE Healthcare Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.74052931 · Participants: 5554GE Healthcare Pension PlanAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.591907247 · Participants: 17875Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement PlanUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.17675965 · Participants: 20984United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund
Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is L. Victor Lizzul, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in NY ($3M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan of the Genesee Valley Presbyterian Nursing Center in NY (16 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (16 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 Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees assets move in 2024? ▼
Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees edged down modestly - down 4.4% during 2024, from $3M to $3M. Reported net income was -$139K.
How have Stepan Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Stepan Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 0.4%, from $562M to $564M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is L. Victor Lizzul, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in NY ($3M, 4 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Maywood Hourly Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pension Plan of the Genesee Valley Presbyterian Nursing Center in NY (16 participants, N/A 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 361823834.

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.