Pearson Education 401(k) and pension plans

Pearson Education Inc, Hoboken, NJ. EIN 22-1603684. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as Pearson Inc.; Pearson Education Inc.; Pearson Education, Inc.

Pearson Education Inc has 2 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the The Pearson Retirement Plan 401(k), with 16,864 participants and $2.4 billion in assets in 2024. Empower has been its recordkeeper since 2014.

Active plans: 2
Participants: 18,685
Plan assets: $2.4 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Empower
Plans on file: 2
Industry: Holding companies

All 2 plans

Active plans first

The Pearson Retirement Plan 401(k)

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 002Employer EIN 22-1603684
Participants (2024): 16,864
Net assets (2024): $2.4 billion
Recordkeeper: EmpowerEarlier: J.P. Morgan (2009–2013)
Plan administrator: Pearson Education Inc
221 River Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
(201) 236-7000As filed for 2024
In effect since: November 5, 1985

Earlier sponsor: Pearson Inc. (2009–2017).

Earlier plan names: The Pearson Retirement Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	16,864	$2.4 billion	Empower
2023	17,803	$2.3 billion	Empower
2022	19,022	$2.1 billion	Empower
2021	17,022	$2.6 billion	Empower
2020	17,044	$2.3 billion	Empower
2019	18,004	$2.4 billion	not listed
2018	19,142	$2.0 billion	not listed
2017	18,319	$2.2 billion	not listed
2016	19,155	$2.0 billion	Empower
2015	22,693	$2.0 billion	Empower
2014	23,276	$2.1 billion	Empower
2013	26,547	$2.3 billion	J.P. Morgan
2012	26,006	$1.9 billion	J.P. Morgan
2011	25,434	$1.7 billion	J.P. Morgan
2010	24,806	$1.6 billion	J.P. Morgan
2009	25,427	$1.6 billion	J.P. Morgan

Pearson Inc. Pension Plan

Cash balance pension, frozenActive

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 003Employer EIN 22-1603684
Participants (2024): 1,821
Net assets (2024): $65.3 million
Plan administrator: Pearson Education, Inc.
221 River Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
(212) 641-2400As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1944

Earlier sponsor: Pearson Inc. (2009–2017).

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	1,821	$65.3 million	not listed
2023	2,826	$91.8 million	not listed
2022	2,988	$81.8 million	not listed
2021	3,200	$109 million	not listed
2020	3,332	$114 million	not listed
2019	3,528	$114 million	not listed
2018	3,831	$114 million	not listed
2017	3,933	$128 million	not listed
2016	4,116	$130 million	not listed
2015	4,637	$129 million	not listed
2014	4,946	$147 million	not listed
2013	5,388	$152 million	not listed
2012	6,281	$171 million	not listed
2011	6,602	$165 million	not listed
2010	6,873	$155 million	not listed
2009	7,095	$144 million	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Empower (empower.com), which runs the The Pearson Retirement Plan 401(k). With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((201) 236-7000). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

All 2 plans

The Pearson Retirement Plan 401(k)

Pearson Inc. Pension Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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