Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $137M
- Total assets
- 465
- Participants
- 93rd
- Percentile by assets
- $294,080
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Watlow Group Pension Plan · Sponsored by Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company · Missouri · Manufacturing
$137M in assets, 465 participants
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company's Watlow Group Pension Plan reported $137M in total assets and 465 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 93rd 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.
- 93rd percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #16,738 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Where Watlow Group Pension Plan sits by assets
Watlow Group Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $137M for 465 participants (~$294,080/participant), up 0.9% in 2023.
- $137M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 465
- covered participants
- 93rd
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $294,080
- avg assets per participant
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 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$136,747,057 Top 7% higher than 93% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Watlow Group Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$40M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Watlow Group Pension Plan reported participants fell from 525 in the plan year 2022 filing to 465 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Watlow Group Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $136M in the plan year 2022 filing to $137M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Watlow Group Pension Plan vs the 2023 asset distribution
By assets, Watlow Group Pension Plan outranks 93% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.4x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $136M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $137M |
| Net Income | $1M |
| 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 |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Missouri
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Watlow Group Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants
- Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust $7.8B · 30,358
- Ameren Retirement Plan $4.7B · 10,156
- Co-Op Retirement Plan $3.5B · 14,993
- Emerson Electric Company Retirement Plan $3.4B · 2,671
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis $3.3B · 11,420
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Watlow Group Pension Plan by total assets, not by location.
- University of Southern California Support Staff Retirement Plan (CA) $137M · 1,750
- Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Retirement Plan (TN) $137M · 1,909
- Unite Here! Workers and Hospitality Employers Vdb Pension Trust (MA) $137M · 4,092
- Care New England Pension Plan (RI) $137M · 1,851
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