401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Bayer Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $9.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 18,917
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $485,487
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Bayer Corporation · Missouri · Manufacturing
$9.2B in assets, 18,917 participants
Bayer Corporation's Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan reported $9.2B in total assets and 18,917 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #20,551 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Missouri
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan covers 18,917 participants in Missouri, 26x the typical Missouri plan (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $9.2B.
- #20,551
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -17.1%
- assets change YoY
- 92×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1.9B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$9,183,956,862 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan is a mega filing (18,917 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 251339219 · Bayer Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan · $9.2B · 18,917 · 100th
- SCH $9.2B
- SCH 18,917
- SCH 100th
- SCH 401(k)
- SCH near American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots
- SCH ind #20551
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Missouri →
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Missouri filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $11.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $9.2B |
| Net Income | -$1.9B |
| Employer EIN | 251339219 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1984-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bayer Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Bayer Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $14.8B 7.61880846697146% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 25,664 | $13.8B |
| 2023 | 4 | 25,475 | $15.2B |
| 2024 | 4 | 25,392 | $14.8B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Missouri
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Edward D. Jones & Co. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan $8.7B · 47,923
- Enterprise Holdings Retirement Savings Plan $4.5B · 59,568
- Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan $3.2B · 49,060
- Anheuser-Busch 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan $3.1B · 14,556
- Emerson Electric Company Employee Savings Investment Plan $3.0B · 14,241
Scale composition for Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan reports $9.2B in end-of-year assets across 18,917 participants (0.075% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.020% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $485,487 per participant (3.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.9B.
This plan identity (EIN 251339219, plan #051) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $9.2B to $10.8B (+17.7%) while covered participants moved from 18,917 to 19,357 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18,917 | $9.2B | This page |
| 2023 | 19,273 | $10.3B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 19,357 | $10.8B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan (401(k), $10.8B, 19,357 participants)
- Bayer Corporation Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.0B, 1,464 participants)
- Monsanto Company Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.0B, 4,257 participants)
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Missouri, the nearest 401(k) by assets is American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots in TX ($9.1B); by covered participants it is Sap America, Inc. 401(k) Plan in PA (18,910 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($9.2B here).
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots (TX) $9.1B · 14,139
- Savings Plan for Employees and Partners of Pricewatercoopers LLP (FL) $9.1B · 50,354
- The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan (MI) $9.3B · 16,930
- Duke Energy Retirement Savings Plan (NC) $9.4B · 27,731
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,917 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Sap America, Inc. 401(k) Plan (PA) 18,910 · 7 off
- Elior, Inc. 401(k) Plan (NC) 18,877 · 40 off
- Victoria's Secret & Co. 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (OH) 18,803 · 114 off
- Spb Hospitality LLC Retirement Savings Plan (TX) 19,053 · 136 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.