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Schnitzer Steel Employees Pension Plan

corporate plan · Schnitzer Steel · Jersey City, NJ

ACTIVEPBGC Covered
A
Pension Health Score
97/100
Funding Status96% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$2.8B
Total Assets
$2.9B
Total Liabilities
$125.8M
Unfunded Liability
9,553
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Schnitzer Steel Employees Pension Plan is in excellent financial health at 96% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 96 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$2.8B$2.9B95.7%$115.2M
2024$2.7B$3.0B89.9%$100.9M
2023$2.6B$2.7B96.1%$115.2M
2022$2.4B$2.8B86.7%$126.2M
2021$2.4B$2.8B86.1%$125.1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Schnitzer Steel Employees Pension Plan is 96% funded, meaning it has 96 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is considered healthy by actuarial standards.

Schnitzer Steel Employees Pension Plan has 9,553 total participants, including 5,265 active employees and 4,288 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Yes, Schnitzer Steel Employees 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 "low."

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.