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Benefit Plans
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Benefit Plans Benefit Plans:Pension coverage for employees of PMI’s subsidiaries is provided, to the extent deemed appropriate, through separate plans, many of which are governed by local statutory requirements. In addition, PMI provides health care and other benefits to substantially all U.S. retired employees and certain non-U.S. retired employees. In general, health care benefits for non-U.S. retired employees are covered through local government plans.
Pension and other employee benefit costs per the condensed consolidated statements of earnings consisted of the following:
 For the Nine Months Ended September 30,For the Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)2020201920202019
Net pension costs (income)$(13)$(16)$(5)$(6)
Net postemployment costs75 72 26 25 
Net postretirement costs6 5 2 1 
Total pension and other employee benefit costs$68 $61 $23 $20 

Pension Plans

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

Net periodic pension cost consisted of the following:
 
Pension (1)
 For the Nine Months Ended September 30,For the Three Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)2020201920202019
Service cost$198 $161 $68 $54 
Interest cost54 89 19 29 
Expected return on plan assets(265)(247)(92)(82)
Amortization:
Net loss197 142 68 47 
Prior service cost1 — — — 
Net periodic pension cost$185 $145 $63 $48 
(1) Primarily non-U.S. based defined benefit retirement plans.

Employer Contributions
PMI makes, and plans to make, contributions, to the extent that they are tax deductible and to meet specific funding requirements of its funded pension plans. Employer contributions of $62 million were made to the pension plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Currently, PMI anticipates making additional contributions during the remainder of 2020 of approximately $49 million to its pension plans, based on current tax and benefit laws. However, this estimate is subject to change as a result of changes in tax and other benefit laws, as well as asset performance significantly above or below the assumed long-term rate of return on pension assets, or changes in interest and currency rates.