Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

W.W. Norton and Company, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$13M
Total assets Small plan by assets
104
Participants Small participant base
62nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$129,529
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan · Sponsored by W.W. Norton and Company, Inc. · New York · Information & Media

$13M in assets, 104 participants

W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.'s W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported $13M in total assets and 104 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 62nd 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.

  • #1,410 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Coverage in New York

W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan covers 104 participants in New York, about 13% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $13M.

#1,410
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
-1.6%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $224K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Information & Media and all filers

W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$13,471,050 Top 38% higher than 62% 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

W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan 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. W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (104 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported net income rose from -$379K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$224K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported participants fell from 110 in the plan year 2023 filing to 104 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan end-of-year assets fell from $14M in the plan year 2023 filing to $13M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 135283680 · W.W. Norton and Company, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan · $13M · 104 · 62nd

  • ASSETS $13M
  • ASSETS 104
  • ASSETS 62nd
  • ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near Society of Manufacturing Engineers Pension Plan & Trust
  • ASSETS ind #1410

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$14M
Net Assets (End of Year)$13M
Net Income-$224K
Employer EIN135283680
Plan Effective Date1946-05-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All W.W. Norton and Company, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$201M 22.655975715810744% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$140M$160M$180M$200M$220M 202220232024 $164M $201M ▲ +22.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 746 $164M
2023 2 736 $194M
2024 2 764 $201M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.01347105 · Participants: 104W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income 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
W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Society of Manufacturing Engineers Pension Plan & Trust in MI ($13M); by covered participants it is First United Corporation Pension Plan in MD (104 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (104 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 W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan edged down modestly - down 1.6% during 2024, from $14M to $13M. Reported net income was -$224K.
How have W.W. Norton and Company, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), W.W. Norton and Company, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 22.7%, from $164M to $201M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Society of Manufacturing Engineers Pension Plan & Trust in MI ($13M, 31 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is First United Corporation Pension Plan in MD (104 participants, $56M 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 135283680.

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.