Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Recology Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $583M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 942
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 97th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $619,109
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Recology Defined Benefit Pension Plan · Sponsored by Recology Inc. · California · Administrative & Support Services
$583M in assets, 942 participants
Recology Inc.'s Recology Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported $583M in total assets and 942 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- #4,323 in Administrative & Support Services (4,368 peers)
Where Recology Defined Benefit Pension Plan sits by assets
Recology Defined Benefit Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $583M for 942 participants (~$619,109/participant), down 2.6% in 2024.
- #4,323
- in Administrative & Support Services (4,368 peers)
- -2.6%
- assets change YoY
- 5.9×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $14M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Recology Defined Benefit Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Recology Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$583,200,253 Top 3% higher than 97% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Recology Defined Benefit Pension 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. Recology Defined Benefit Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (942 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Recology Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported net income fell from $97M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$14M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Recology Defined Benefit Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $599M in the plan year 2023 filing to $583M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Recology Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported participants fell from 952 in the plan year 2023 filing to 942 in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 942922974 · Recology Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Recology Defined Benefit Pension Plan · $583M · 942 · 97th
- SCH $583M
- SCH 942
- SCH 97th
- SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
- SCH near Sbera Pension Plan as Adopted by Eastern Bank
- SCH ind #4323
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 Administrative & Support Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →
Recology Defined Benefit Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $599M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $575M |
| Net Income | -$14M |
| Employer EIN | 942922974 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1986-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Recology Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Recology Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.2B 17.024754857363696% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 5,389 | $1.0B |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,515 | $1.2B |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,668 | $1.2B |
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 $34.5B · 135,057
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $17.6B · 27,500
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $11.4B · 18,983
- Western States Carpenters Pension Plan $11.3B · 48,582
- Ilwu-Pma Pension Plan $10.8B · 15,833
Recology Defined Benefit Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Sbera Pension Plan as Adopted by Eastern Bank in MA ($583M); by covered participants it is District Council 82 Painting Industry Pension Plan in MN (939 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($583M here).
- Sbera Pension Plan as Adopted by Eastern Bank (MA) $583M · 1,784
- Atmos Energy Corporation Pension Account Plan (TX) $580M · 1,882
- Ubs Financial Services Inc. Pension Plan (NJ) $579M · 973
- The Brink's Company Frozen Pension Plan (VA) $588M · 968
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (942 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- District Council 82 Painting Industry Pension Plan (MN) 939 · 3 off
- Shriners Hospitals for Children Employees' Retirement Plan (FL) 939 · 3 off
- Retirement Plan for Union Represented Employees (NJ) 945 · 3 off
- Tucson Electric Power Company Pension Trust Plan for Employees Represented by I.B.E.W Local 1116 (AZ) 946 · 4 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.