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3M Company Pension Plan

corporate plan · 3M Company · Rochester, MN

ACTIVEPBGC Covered
B
Pension Health Score
70/100
Funding Status76% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$15.6B
Total Assets
$20.5B
Total Liabilities
$4.9B
Unfunded Liability
86,831
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

3M Company Pension Plan is in good financial health at 76% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 76 cents in assets to cover it. This plan is also covered by the PBGC, providing an additional safety net. Participants in this plan have relatively low risk of benefit reductions.

Year-by-Year Funding

YearAssetsLiabilitiesFunding RatioContributions
2025$15.6B$20.5B76.3%$919.8M
2024$15.3B$20.5B75.0%$845.8M
2023$14.6B$19.0B77.0%$931.7M
2022$13.6B$21.3B64.0%$887.8M
2021$13.5B$18.3B73.7%$669.9M

Frequently Asked Questions

3M Company Pension Plan is 76% funded, meaning it has 76 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is below the 80% threshold actuaries consider healthy, and may require increased contributions.

3M Company Pension Plan has 86,831 total participants, including 42,984 active employees and 43,847 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Yes, 3M Company Pension Plan is covered by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), which provides a backstop if the plan cannot pay benefits. The PBGC risk level is currently "moderate."

The Pension Health Score (0-100, A-F) measures a pension plan's financial strength based on funding ratio (50%), funding trend over 3 years (30%), and PBGC risk level (20%). Higher scores indicate more secure retirement benefits.

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Pension Health Score is calculated from funding ratio, 3-year funding trend, and PBGC risk classification.