Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $136M
- Total assets
- 525
- Participants
- 94th
- Percentile by assets
- $258,263
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Watlow Group Pension Plan · Sponsored by Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company · Missouri · Manufacturing
$136M in assets, 525 participants
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company's Watlow Group Pension Plan reported $136M in total assets and 525 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.
- 94th percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- #18,758 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Where Watlow Group Pension Plan sits by assets
Watlow Group Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $136M for 525 participants (~$258,263/participant), down 22.8% in 2022.
- $136M
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 525
- covered participants
- 94th
- percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- $258,263
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $40M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Where Watlow Group Pension Plan sits by total assets
Watlow Group Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$135,588,328 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Watlow Group Pension Plan vs the 2022 asset distribution
By assets, Watlow Group Pension Plan outranks 94% of the 139,126 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 1.4x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2022)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $176M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $135M |
| Net Income | -$40M |
| Employer EIN | 430574450 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1942-12-24 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 2,272 | $398M |
| 2023 | 2 | 2,257 | $414M |
| 2024 | 2 | 1,741 | $391M |
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Watlow Group Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants
- Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust $7.5B · 31,010
- Ameren Retirement Plan $4.4B · 10,080
- Co-Op Retirement Plan $3.4B · 15,460
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis $3.3B · 8,767
- Emerson Electric Company Retirement Plan $3.1B · 4,763
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- Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company's sponsor-wide assets have declined 1.8% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans