Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Becton Dickinson and Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $1.6B
- Total assets
- 8,655
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $181,584
- Avg per participant
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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- #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.
- $1.6B
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 8,655
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $181,584
- avg assets per participant
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.
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.
Participants vs New Jersey filers
In New Jersey, the average filing covers about 844 participants across 4,145 plans. Bd Retirement Plan reports 8,655 participants - 10x that state average ($1.6B EOY assets).
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)
| 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.
Bd Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants
- 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)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Bd Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- 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
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Bd Retirement Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Bd Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey. Compare plans
- Becton Dickinson and Company's sponsor-wide assets have grown 19.9% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans