401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Whirlpool Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
19,575
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$166,075
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Whirlpool Corporation · Michigan · Manufacturing

$3.3B in assets, 19,575 participants

Whirlpool Corporation's Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan reported $3.3B in total assets and 19,575 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #18,562 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Michigan

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan covers 19,575 participants in Michigan, 31x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $3.3B.

#18,562
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+18.7%
assets growth YoY
33×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$3,250,922,432 Highest reported value at or above every one of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan is a mega filing (19,575 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$718M in the plan year 2022 filing to $344M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 20,774 in the plan year 2022 filing to 19,575 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 381490038 · Whirlpool Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan · $3.3B · 19,575 · 100th

  • EIN $3.3B
  • RANK 19,575
  • PHOTO 100th
  • IND 401(k)
  • EOY near Fluor Corporation Employees Savings Investment Plan
  • 5500 ind #18562

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 →

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Michigan filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.7B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.3B
Net Income$344M
Employer EIN381490038
Plan Effective Date1953-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Whirlpool Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Whirlpool Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$5.2B 8.10805951044653% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4.6B$4.8B$5B$5.2B$5.4B 202220232024 $4.81B $5.2B ▲ +8.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 25,815 $4.8B
2023 2 24,147 $5.2B
2024 2 23,249 $5.2B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Michigan

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 10000200003000040000500006000070000 0510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.250922432 · Participants: 19575Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement PlanGeneral Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United States, Total assets ($B): 20.378449285 · Participants: 47299General Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United StatesFord Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 15.588575271 · Participants: 30516Ford Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried EmployeesThe Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.084842211 · Participants: 18088The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings PlanThe General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United States, Total assets ($B): 8.580684909 · Participants: 40393The General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United StatesFord Motor Co. Tax-Efficient Savings Plan for Hourly Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.617084451 · Participants: 59195Ford Motor Co. Tax-Efficient Savings Plan for Hourly Employees
Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan reports $3.3B in end-of-year assets across 19,575 participants (0.026% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.021% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $166,075 per participant (1.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $344M.

This plan identity (EIN 381490038, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.7B to $3.5B (+26.0%) while covered participants moved from 20,774 to 19,016 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 20,774 $2.7B Open filing
2023 19,575 $3.3B This page
2024 · index core 19,016 $3.5B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Fluor Corporation Employees Savings Investment Plan in TX ($3.3B); by covered participants it is Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan in OH (19,559 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (19,575 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 18.7% during 2023, from $2.7B to $3.3B. Reported net income was $344M.
How have Whirlpool Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Whirlpool Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 8.1%, from $4.8B to $5.2B.
Where does Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Fluor Corporation Employees Savings Investment Plan in TX ($3.3B, 6,717 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan in OH (19,559 participants, $3.6B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 381490038.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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