Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
The Clorox Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $337K
- Total assets Small plan by assets
- 1,597
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 15th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $211
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Clorox Company Pension Plan · Sponsored by The Clorox Company · California · Manufacturing
$337K in assets, 1,597 participants
The Clorox Company's The Clorox Company Pension Plan reported $337K in total assets and 1,597 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 15th 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.
- #1,087 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in California
The Clorox Company Pension Plan covers 1,597 participants in California, 2.5x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $337K.
- #1,087
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- -99.9%
- assets change YoY
The plan reported a net loss of $337M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The Clorox Company Pension Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets
The Clorox Company Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$336,793 15th percentile higher than 15% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
The Clorox Company Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Clorox Company Pension Plan lands in the large band (1,597 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- The Clorox Company Pension Plan reported net income fell from -$31M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$337M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Clorox Company Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $416M in the plan year 2022 filing to $337K in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Clorox Company Pension Plan reported participants fell from 1,727 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,597 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 310595760 · The Clorox Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Clorox Company Pension Plan · $337K · 1,597 · 15th
- NET $337K
- NET 1,597
- NET 15th
- NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
- NET near Continental Carbon Company Pension Plan for Hourly Paid Bargaining Unit Employees at Phenix City, Alabama Plant
- NET ind #1087
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 California →
The Clorox Company Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $416M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $107K |
| Net Income | -$337M |
| Employer EIN | 310595760 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1955-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Clorox Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Clorox Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.3B 1.2151630628132157% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 8,082 | $2.3B |
| 2023 | 3 | 8,134 | $2.2B |
| 2024 | 3 | 6,191 | $2.3B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $33.5B · 127,356
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $21.4B · 22,914
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $18.0B · 25,647
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $10.8B · 19,545
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $10.1B · 10,813
The Clorox Company Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Continental Carbon Company Pension Plan for Hourly Paid Bargaining Unit Employees at Phenix City, Alabama Plant in TX ($336K); by covered participants it is Alaska United Food & Commercial Workers Pension Fund in OR (1,597 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($337K here).
- Continental Carbon Company Pension Plan for Hourly Paid Bargaining Unit Employees at Phenix City, Alabama Plant (TX) $336K · 3
- Osborn Retirement Plan (IN) $338K · N/A
- Rochester Steel Treating Works, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan (NY) $335K · 4
- Kelly Underwriting Services, LLC Cash Balance Plan (NY) $343K · 4
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,597 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Alaska United Food & Commercial Workers Pension Fund (OR) 1,597 · 0 off
- Gannett Retirement Plan (NY) 1,593 · 4 off
- International Longshoremen's Association AFL-CIO Employers Pension Fund (FL) 1,603 · 6 off
- The Nemours Foundation Pension Plan (FL) 1,586 · 11 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.