Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
The Dow Chemical Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $13.0B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 13,759
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $946,158
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Dow Employees' Pension Plan · Sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company · Michigan · Manufacturing
$13.0B in assets, 13,759 participants
The Dow Chemical Company's Dow Employees' Pension Plan reported $13.0B in total assets and 13,759 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.
- #20,570 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Michigan
Dow Employees' Pension Plan covers 13,759 participants in Michigan, 22x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $13.0B.
- #20,570
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -21.3%
- assets change YoY
- 131×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $3.7B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Dow Employees' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Dow Employees' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$13,018,181,682 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
Dow Employees' Pension 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. Dow Employees' Pension Plan is a mega filing (13,759 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 381285128 · The Dow Chemical Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Dow Employees' Pension Plan · $13.0B · 13,759 · 100th
- BOOK $13.0B
- VS-ST 13,759
- BOY 100th
- SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EBSA near Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan
- PART ind #20570
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 →
Dow Employees' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Michigan filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $16.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $12.9B |
| Net Income | -$3.7B |
| Employer EIN | 381285128 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1947-06-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Dow Chemical Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Dow Chemical Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $22.1B 1.009183583976742% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 30,689 | $22.3B |
| 2023 | 2 | 32,139 | $21.6B |
| 2024 | 3 | 32,458 | $22.1B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan $40.2B · 18,766
- Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan $19.3B · 27,567
- Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan $13.4B · 11,760
- Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement $8.6B · 14,563
- Fca US LLC Pension Plan $4.2B · 3,249
Scale composition for Dow Employees' Pension Plan
Dow Employees' Pension Plan reports $13.0B in end-of-year assets across 13,759 participants (0.11% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $946,158 per participant (6.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$3.7B.
This plan identity (EIN 381285128, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $13.0B to $10.9B (-16.0%) while covered participants moved from 13,759 to 6,888 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13,759 | $13.0B | This page |
| 2023 | 14,051 | $11.5B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 6,888 | $10.9B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Dow Employees' Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $10.9B, 6,888 participants)
- The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan (401(k), $10.8B, 17,128 participants)
- Dow Employees' Pension Plan (Personal Pension Account) (Defined Benefit (Pension), $401M, 8,442 participants)
Dow Employees' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan in NC ($12.5B); by covered participants it is National Roofing Industry Pension Fund in MN (13,884 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($13.0B here).
- Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan (NC) $12.5B · 37,931
- Pension and Retirement Plan (DE) $12.3B · 2,875
- The Prudential Merged Retirement Plan (NJ) $12.3B · 17,538
- Iam National Pension Fund (DC) $13.8B · 94,512
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,759 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- National Roofing Industry Pension Fund (MN) 13,884 · 125 off
- Laborers District Council & Contractors Pension Fund of Ohio (OH) 13,583 · 176 off
- Children's Hospital Medical Center Retirement Plan (OH) 13,957 · 198 off
- Penske Cash Balance Benefit Plan (PA) 14,171 · 412 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.