Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Seneca Foods Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$293M
Total assets Near avg plan size
1,808
Participants Near avg headcount
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$162,124
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan · Sponsored by Seneca Foods Corporation · New York · Manufacturing

$293M in assets, 1,808 participants

Seneca Foods Corporation's Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan reported $293M in total assets and 1,808 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • #16,589 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in New York

Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan covers 1,808 participants in New York, 2.3x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $293M.

#16,589
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+1.4%
assets growth YoY
2.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan's outsized position by total assets

Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$293,120,943 Top 4% higher than 96% 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

Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan lands in the large band (1,808 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan reported net income rose from -$5M in the plan year 2023 filing to $4M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan reported participants fell from 1,975 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,808 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan end-of-year assets rose from $289M in the plan year 2023 filing to $293M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 160733425 · Seneca Foods Corporation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan · $293M · 1,808 · 96th

  • RANK $293M
  • RANK 1,808
  • RANK 96th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Compensation at Retirement Plan
  • RANK ind #16589

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 New York →

Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Kamehameha Schools Retirement PlanKamehameha Schools Retiremen…$294MRetirement Plan for Bargaining Unit and Non-Bargaining Unit Employees of Northwest Natural Gas CompanyRetirement Plan for Bargaini…$294MCompensation at Retirement PlanCompensation at Retirement P…$293MSeneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit PlanSeneca Foods Corporation Emp…$293MFarm Bureau Employees' Retirement PlanFarm Bureau Employees' Retir…$292M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$289M
Net Assets (End of Year)$293M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN160733425
Plan Effective Date1964-08-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Seneca Foods Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Seneca Foods Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$551M 7.489513951862923% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$500M$520M$540M$560M 202220232024 $513M $551M ▲ +7.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 8,065 $513M
2023 2 8,245 $522M
2024 2 8,161 $551M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.293120943 · Participants: 1808Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.919858993 · Participants: 48014IBM Personal Pension Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.913316696 · Participants: 1118331199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.588456377 · Participants: 10608Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.970337119 · Participants: 8876Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanGE Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.92290143 · Participants: 5829GE Energy Pension Plan
Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Compensation at Retirement Plan in IL ($293M); by covered participants it is Howmet Aerospace Retirement Plan in PA (1,807 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,808 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 Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan edged up modestly - up 1.4% during 2024, from $289M to $293M. Reported net income was $4M.
How have Seneca Foods Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Seneca Foods Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 7.5%, from $513M to $551M.
Where does Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan ranks in the 96th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Compensation at Retirement Plan in IL ($293M, 3,066 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Seneca Foods Corporation Employees' Pension Benefit Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Howmet Aerospace Retirement Plan in PA (1,807 participants, $678M 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 160733425.

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.