Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Stepan Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$26M
Total assets Below avg plan size
53
Participants Small participant base
75th
Percentile by assets National rank
$495,676
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees · Sponsored by Stepan Company · Illinois · Manufacturing

$26M in assets, 53 participants

Stepan Company's Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees reported $26M in total assets and 53 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 75th 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.

  • #11,718 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees sits by assets

Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $26M for 53 participants (~$495,676/participant), down 4.0% in 2024.

#11,718
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-4.0%
assets change YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $1M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees's outsized position by total assets

Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees vs every filed plan by assets

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

$26,270,847 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim 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 Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees is a small filing (53 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees reported net income fell from -$449K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees reported participants fell from 57 in the plan year 2023 filing to 53 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees end-of-year assets fell from $27M in the plan year 2023 filing to $26M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

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

Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees · $26M · 53 · 75th

  • 5500 $26M
  • ASSETS 53
  • PCT 75th
  • EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Cranston Print Works General Employees' Retirement Plan
  • PHOTO ind #11718

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 Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees in the asset neighbourhood

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

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$27M
Net Assets (End of Year)$26M
Net Income-$1M
Employer EIN361823834
Plan Effective Date1943-12-15
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 Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.026270847 · Participants: 53Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim 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 Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants

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

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Cranston Print Works General Employees' Retirement Plan in IN ($26M); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for the Benefit of Salaried and Other Employees of Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company in MA (53 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

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 Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees assets move in 2024?
Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees edged down modestly - down 4.0% during 2024, from $27M to $26M. Reported net income was -$1M.
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.
Where does Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees ranks in the 75th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Cranston Print Works General Employees' Retirement Plan in IN ($26M, 10 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Stepan Company Retirement Plan for Millsdale Hourly and Anaheim Hourly Employees?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Plan for the Benefit of Salaried and Other Employees of Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company in MA (53 participants, $42M in assets).