Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

The Eastern Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$38M
Total assets Below avg plan size
40
Participants Small participant base
81st
Percentile by assets National rank
$942,674
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company · Sponsored by The Eastern Company · Connecticut · Manufacturing

$38M in assets, 40 participants

The Eastern Company's Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company reported $38M in total assets and 40 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 81st 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.

  • #12,960 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company sits by assets

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $38M for 40 participants (~$942,674/participant), down 4.7% in 2024.

#12,960
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-4.7%
assets change YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company's outsized position by total assets

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company vs every filed plan by assets

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

$37,706,963 Top 19% higher than 81% 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

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company is a small filing (40 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company reported net income fell from $788K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company reported participants fell from 43 in the plan year 2023 filing to 40 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company end-of-year assets fell from $40M in the plan year 2023 filing to $38M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 060330020 · The Eastern Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company · $38M · 40 · 81st

  • NET $38M
  • BOOK 40
  • VS-ST 81st
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near The Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company Consolidated Retirement Plan
  • EBSA ind #12960

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 Connecticut →

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company in the asset neighbourhood

Ampac Fine Chemicals LLC Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAmpac Fine Chemicals LLC Pen…$38MMichigan Sugar Company Pension PlanMichigan Sugar Company Pensi…$38MSola Optical Pension Plan$38MSalaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern CompanySalaried Employees' Retireme…$38MThe Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company Consolidated Retirement PlanThe Pennsylvania Lumbermens …$38M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$40M
Net Assets (End of Year)$38M
Net Income-$2M
Employer EIN060330020
Plan Effective Date1945-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The Eastern Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Eastern Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$111M 32.04575102152686% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$80M$90M$100M$110M$120M 202220232024 $84.1M $111M ▲ +32.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 306 $84M
2023 4 302 $109M
2024 4 573 $111M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Connecticut

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

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company, Total assets ($B): 0.037706963 · Participants: 40Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern CompanyRtx Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 41.643558189 · Participants: 36180Rtx Consolidated Pension PlanThe Citigroup Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.993084827 · Participants: 15906The Citigroup Pension PlanEversource Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.763055773 · Participants: 3428Eversource Pension PlanRetirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc., Total assets ($B): 5.242514983 · Participants: 9682Retirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc.The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees, Total assets ($B): 3.395288837 · Participants: 7034The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees
Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants
Compare Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company side-by-side with 3 peers →

Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Connecticut, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company Consolidated Retirement Plan in PA ($38M); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of the Hillman Company in PA (40 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (40 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 Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company assets move in 2024? ▼
Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company edged down modestly - down 4.7% during 2024, from $40M to $38M. Reported net income was -$2M.
How have The Eastern Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Eastern Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 32.0%, from $84M to $111M.
Where does Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company ranks in the 81st 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 Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company Consolidated Retirement Plan in PA ($38M, 39 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan of the Eastern Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of the Hillman Company in PA (40 participants, $2M 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 060330020.

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.