Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Ford Motor Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $13.4B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 11,760
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.1M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Ford Motor Company · Michigan · Manufacturing
$13.4B in assets, 11,760 participants
Ford Motor Company's Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan reported $13.4B in total assets and 11,760 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.
- #20,572 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Michigan
Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan covers 11,760 participants in Michigan, 18x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $13.4B.
- #20,572
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -33.9%
- assets change YoY
- 135×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $6.9B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$13,429,053,470 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
Ford Motor Company General 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. Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan is a mega filing (11,760 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 380549190 · Ford Motor Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan · $13.4B · 11,760 · 100th
- EOY $13.4B
- EOY 11,760
- EOY 100th
- EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EOY near Iam National Pension Fund
- EOY ind #20572
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 →
Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Michigan filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $20.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $13.4B |
| Net Income | -$6.9B |
| Employer EIN | 380549190 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1950-03-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Ford Motor Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Ford Motor Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $55.6B 4.756748816652535% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 130,980 | $53.1B |
| 2023 | 5 | 127,172 | $55.3B |
| 2024 | 5 | 127,396 | $55.6B |
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
- Dow Employees' Pension Plan $13.0B · 13,759
- Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement $8.6B · 14,563
- Fca US LLC Pension Plan $4.2B · 3,249
Scale composition for Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan
Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan reports $13.4B in end-of-year assets across 11,760 participants (0.11% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $1.1M per participant (8.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$6.9B.
This plan identity (EIN 380549190, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $13.4B to $12.1B (-9.8%) while covered participants moved from 11,760 to 8,585 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11,760 | $13.4B | This page |
| 2023 | 10,215 | $12.7B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,585 | $12.1B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $17.8B, 25,742 participants)
- Ford Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried Employees (401(k), $17.3B, 31,790 participants)
- Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $12.1B, 8,585 participants)
- Ford Motor Co. Tax-Efficient Savings Plan for Hourly Employees (401(k), $8.3B, 60,497 participants)
Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Iam National Pension Fund in DC ($13.8B); by covered participants it is Principal Cash Balance Plan in IA (11,788 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($13.4B here).
- Iam National Pension Fund (DC) $13.8B · 94,512
- 3M Employee Retirement Income Plan (MN) $14.0B · 12,160
- Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan (NC) $12.5B · 37,931
- Nokia Retirement Income Plan (NJ) $14.5B · 7,413
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11,760 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Principal Cash Balance Plan (IA) 11,788 · 28 off
- Principal Pension Plan for Certain Former Agents (IA) 11,793 · 33 off
- SEIU Affiliates Officers and Employees Pension Plan (DC) 11,828 · 68 off
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement Plan (MA) 11,835 · 75 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.