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Employee Benefits
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
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Chevron has defined benefit pension plans for many employees. The company typically prefunds defined benefit plans as required by local regulations or in certain situations where prefunding provides economic advantages. In the United States, all qualified plans are subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act minimum funding standard. The company does not typically fund U.S. nonqualified pension plans that are not subject to funding requirements under laws and regulations because contributions to these pension plans may be less economic and investment returns may be less attractive than the company’s other investment alternatives. Hess’s employee benefit plans have been incorporated into this note post-acquisition.
The company also sponsors other postretirement employee benefit (OPEB) plans that provide medical and dental benefits, as well as life insurance for qualifying retired employees. The plans are unfunded, and the company and the retirees share the costs. For the company’s main U.S. medical plan, the increase to the pre-Medicare company contribution for retiree medical coverage is limited to no more than four percent each year. Certain life insurance benefits are paid by the company.
The components of net periodic benefit costs for 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
 Three Months Ended
September 30		Nine Months Ended
September 30
 2025202420252024
(Millions of dollars)(Millions of dollars)
Pension Benefits
United States
Service cost$92 $90 $271 $268 
Interest cost132 116 379 348 
Expected return on plan assets(197)(149)(544)(447)
Amortization of prior service costs (credits) 1 1 3 3 
Amortization of actuarial losses (gains)38 60 98 182 
Curtailment losses (gains)(1)
56 — 127 — 
Total United States122 118 334 354 
International
Service cost13 14 42 41 
Interest cost55 48 151 143 
Expected return on plan assets(53)(51)(148)(148)
Amortization of prior service costs (credits)2 3 8 8 
Amortization of actuarial losses (gains)9 5 33 14 
Total International26 19 86 58 
Net Periodic Pension Benefit Costs$148 $137 $420 $412 
Other Benefits(2)
Service cost$7 $8 $22 $25 
Interest cost25 24 75 74 
Amortization of prior service costs (credits)(6)(7)(17)(19)
Amortization of actuarial losses (gains)(4)(4)(13)(11)
Curtailment losses (gains)(1)— (1)— 
Net Periodic Other Benefit Costs$21 $21 $66 $69 
(1) Includes special termination benefits of $26 associated with Hess pension plans.
(2) Includes costs for U.S. and international OPEB plans. Obligations for plans outside the United States are not significant relative to the company’s total OPEB obligation.
Through September 30, 2025, a total of $538 million was contributed to employee pension plans (including $453 million to the U.S. plans). Contribution amounts are dependent upon plan investment returns, changes in
pension obligations, regulatory requirements, and other economic factors. Additional funding may ultimately be required if investment returns are insufficient to offset increases in plan obligations.
During the first nine months of 2025, the company contributed $112 million to its OPEB plans.