Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Howard Miller Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$24M
Total assets Small plan by assets
92
Participants Small participant base
80th
Percentile by assets National rank
$258,487
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan · Sponsored by Howard Miller Company · Michigan · Manufacturing

$24M in assets, 92 participants

Howard Miller Company's Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported $24M in total assets and 92 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 80th 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.

  • #14,722 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Where Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan sits by assets

Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $24M for 92 participants (~$258,487/participant), down 29.2% in 2022.

#14,722
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-29.2%
assets change YoY
0.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $10M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$23,780,838 Top 20% higher than 80% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan is a small filing (92 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 381258662 · Howard Miller Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan · $24M · 92 · 80th

  • EBSA $24M
  • PART 92
  • TYPE 80th
  • NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOOK near Catholic United Financial Defined Benefit Retirement Plan
  • VS-ST ind #14722

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 Michigan →

Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$34M
Net Assets (End of Year)$24M
Net Income-$10M
Employer EIN381258662
Plan Effective Date1956-01-27
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Howard Miller Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Howard Miller Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$22M 54.652498264129065% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$20M$30M$40M$50M$60M 202220232024 $48.7M $22.1M ▼ -54.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 292 $49M
2023 2 261 $49M
2024 2 266 $22M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100000100002000030000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.023780838 · Participants: 92Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension PlanGeneral Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 40.23255743 · Participants: 18766General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension PlanFord Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.279653433 · Participants: 27567Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement PlanFord Motor Company General Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.42905347 · Participants: 11760Ford Motor Company General Retirement PlanDow Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.018181682 · Participants: 13759Dow Employees' Pension PlanFca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement, Total assets ($B): 8.553889919 · Participants: 14563Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement
Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Catholic United Financial Defined Benefit Retirement Plan in MN ($24M); by covered participants it is The Retirement Plan for Employees of Franklin Savings Bank in ME (92 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (92 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan declined sharply - down 29.2% during 2022, from $34M to $24M. Reported net income was -$10M.
How have Howard Miller Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Howard Miller Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 54.7%, from $49M to $22M.
Where does Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan ranks in the 80th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Catholic United Financial Defined Benefit Retirement Plan in MN ($24M, 49 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Howard Miller-Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Retirement Plan for Employees of Franklin Savings Bank in ME (92 participants, $55M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 381258662.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.