Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 1,744
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.0M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc · Wisconsin · Manufacturing
$1.8B in assets, 1,744 participants
Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc's Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan reported $1.8B in total assets and 1,744 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- #20,362 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Wisconsin
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan covers 1,744 participants in Wisconsin, 3.1x the typical Wisconsin plan (state average ~563 per filing). Assets: $1.8B.
- #20,362
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -27.1%
- assets change YoY
- 18×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $678M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,826,706,645 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan lands in the large band (1,744 participants).
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 391972791 · Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan · $1.8B · 1,744 · 99th
- 5500 $1.8B
- 5500 1,744
- 5500 99th
- 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
- 5500 near Pension Plan of the Pacific Northwest Laboratories Battelle Memorial Institute
- 5500 ind #20362
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 Wisconsin →
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Wisconsin filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.8B |
| Net Income | -$678M |
| Employer EIN | 391972791 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1981-06-16 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.1B 69.72903134099016% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1,744 | $1.8B |
| 2023 | 1 | 1,560 | $1.9B |
| 2024 | 4 | 6,642 | $3.1B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Wisconsin
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan $3.1B · 7,377
- Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity $3.0B · 9,724
- Rockwell Automation Pension Plan $2.1B · 3,077
- The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement Plan $1.9B · 7,278
- Johnson Controls Pension Plan $1.7B · 28
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Wisconsin, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan of the Pacific Northwest Laboratories Battelle Memorial Institute in OH ($1.8B); by covered participants it is Aramco U.S. Retirement Income Plan in TX (1,745 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.8B here).
- Pension Plan of the Pacific Northwest Laboratories Battelle Memorial Institute (OH) $1.8B · 4,661
- Olin Corporation Employees Pension Plan (MO) $1.8B · 2,293
- Pension Plan a for Employees of Consumer Energy Company (MI) $1.8B · 2,383
- National Roofing Industry Pension Fund (MN) $1.8B · 13,884
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,744 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Aramco U.S. Retirement Income Plan (TX) 1,745 · 1 off
- Employees' Retirement Plan of United Health Services (NY) 1,743 · 1 off
- Rio Tinto America Inc. Retirement Plan (UT) 1,747 · 3 off
- Marin General Hospital Retirement Plan (CA) 1,740 · 4 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.