Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

General Motors LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$40.2B
Total assets
18,766
Participants
100th
Percentile by assets
$2.1M
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan · Sponsored by General Motors LLC · Michigan · Manufacturing

$40.2B in assets, 18,766 participants

General Motors LLC's General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan reported $40.2B in total assets and 18,766 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.

  • 100th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)

What the 2022 filing shows

General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan holds $40.2B for 18,766 participants - about $2.1M per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, down 9.6% over the 2022 plan year.

$40.2B
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
18,766
covered participants
100th
percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
$2.1M
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $4.0B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

What the Filing Says About General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan

General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by General Motors LLC, headquartered in Michigan. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $40.2B in total end-of-year assets and covers 18,766 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 270383222, and the plan has been effective since 1950-10-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets pulled back noticeably from $44.5B at the beginning of 2022 to $40.2B at year-end - down 9.6%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $36.6B, with reported net income of -$4.0B driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years General Motors LLC has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $69.8B to $32.6B, a decline of 53.2%, while reported participants moved from 114,305 to 85,566 (-25.1%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $78.2B; the softest was 2024 at $32.6B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $69.8B in assets across 4 plans covering 114,305 participants; 2023 - $78.2B in assets across 4 plans covering 114,669 participants; 2024 - $32.6B in assets across 2 plans covering 85,566 participants.

By assets, General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan outranks nearly all the 139,258 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 402x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2022 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (139,258 plans), rank General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$44.5B
Total Assets (End of Year)$40.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$36.6B
Net Income-$4.0B
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN270383222
Plan Effective Date1950-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (General Motors LLC)

$20B$40B$60B$80B$100B 202220232024 $69.8B $32.6B ▼ -53.2%
Total plan assets by year, all General Motors LLC 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 114,305 $69.8B
2023 4 114,669 $78.2B
2024 2 85,566 $32.6B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan?
As of the 2022 Form 5500 filing, General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan holds $40.2B in total assets with 18,766 participants. It is sponsored by General Motors LLC.
What type of plan is General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan?
General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1950-10-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 270383222.
Who sponsors the General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan?
General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan is sponsored by General Motors LLC, located in Michigan. The sponsor's EIN is 270383222 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan perform in 2022?
General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan pulled back noticeably - down 9.6% during 2022, moving from $44.5B to $40.2B in total assets. Net income was -$4.0B.

What this filing means

Ways to act on General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan. Compare plans
  • General Motors LLC's sponsor-wide assets have declined 53.2% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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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 270383222.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

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

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.