Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Becton Dickinson and Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.6B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 8,655
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $181,584
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Bd Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Becton Dickinson and Company · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$1.6B in assets, 8,655 participants
Becton Dickinson and Company's Bd Retirement Plan reported $1.6B in total assets and 8,655 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- #17,461 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
Bd Retirement Plan covers 8,655 participants in New Jersey, 10x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $1.6B.
- #17,461
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -6.5%
- assets change YoY
- 16×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $109M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Bd Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Bd Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$1,571,609,558 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Bd Retirement 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. Bd Retirement Plan lands in the large band (8,655 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Bd Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $152M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$109M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Bd Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 9,838 in the plan year 2023 filing to 8,655 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Bd Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1.7B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.6B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 220760120 · Becton Dickinson and Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Bd Retirement Plan · $1.6B · 8,655 · 99th
- RANK $1.6B
- RANK 8,655
- RANK 99th
- RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
- RANK near Cmp Pension Plan
- RANK ind #17461
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 Jersey →
Bd Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.6B |
| Net Income | -$109M |
| Employer EIN | 220760120 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1953-03-15 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Becton Dickinson and Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Becton Dickinson and Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $7.4B 19.866108644638025% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 36,078 | $6.2B |
| 2023 | 2 | 34,568 | $7.0B |
| 2024 | 2 | 31,343 | $7.4B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson $21.1B · 37,882
- JPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan $16.1B · 83,812
- Nokia Retirement Income Plan $12.9B · 7,280
- The Prudential Merged Retirement Plan $12.0B · 16,233
- Merck US Pension Plan $10.1B · 26,843
Scale composition for Bd Retirement Plan
Bd Retirement Plan reports $1.6B in end-of-year assets across 8,655 participants (0.013% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $181,584 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$109M.
This plan identity (EIN 220760120, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.5B to $1.6B (+2.8%) while covered participants moved from 11,595 to 8,655 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11,595 | $1.5B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 9,838 | $1.7B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,655 | $1.6B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Bd 401(k) Plan (401(k), $5.8B, 22,688 participants)
Bd Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Cmp Pension Plan in CT ($1.6B); by covered participants it is Martin Marietta Pension Plan in NC (8,664 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.6B here).
- Cmp Pension Plan (CT) $1.6B · 423
- Southern California Pipe Trades Retirement Fund (CA) $1.6B · 6,611
- Pipe Trades Services Mn Pension Fund (MN) $1.6B · 4,759
- Harvard University Retirement Plan (MA) $1.6B · 2,732
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,655 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Martin Marietta Pension Plan (NC) 8,664 · 9 off
- General Motors Salaried Retirement Program (MI) 8,644 · 11 off
- Locals 302 & 612 of the Iuoe - Employers Construction Industry Retirement Plan (WA) 8,695 · 40 off
- Lyondellbasell Pension Plan (TX) 8,606 · 49 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.