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Alcoa Corporation Retirement Plan

corporate plan · Alcoa Corporation · Pittsburgh, PA

ACTIVEPBGC Covered
B
Pension Health Score
65/100
Funding Status68% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$4.8B
Total Assets
$7.0B
Total Liabilities
$2.2B
Unfunded Liability
45,000
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Alcoa Corporation Retirement Plan is in good financial health at 68% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 68 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
2023$4.8B$7.0B68.2%$100.0M
2022$4.7B$6.9B67.0%$97.0M
2021$4.5B$6.4B70.0%$94.0M
2020$4.4B$6.8B64.0%$91.0M
2019$4.2B$6.4B66.0%$88.0M

Frequently Asked Questions

Alcoa Corporation Retirement Plan is 68% funded, meaning it has 68 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is below the 80% threshold actuaries consider healthy, and may require increased contributions.

Alcoa Corporation Retirement Plan has 45,000 total participants, including 5,000 active employees and 40,000 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Yes, Alcoa Corporation Retirement 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.