Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.9B
Total assets Very large vs avg
1,560
Participants Near avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.2M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc · Wisconsin · Manufacturing

$1.9B in assets, 1,560 participants

Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc's Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan reported $1.9B in total assets and 1,560 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #18,463 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Wisconsin

Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan covers 1,560 participants in Wisconsin, 2.8x the typical Wisconsin plan (state average ~563 per filing). Assets: $1.9B.

#18,463
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+4.7%
assets growth YoY
19×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$1,912,240,682 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan lands in the large band (1,560 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$678M in the plan year 2022 filing to $93M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 1,744 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,560 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.8B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.9B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 391972791 · Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan · $1.9B · 1,560 · 99th

  • 5500 $1.9B
  • 5500 1,560
  • 5500 99th
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • 5500 near Retirement Plan for Employees of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. and Participating Subsidiaries
  • 5500 ind #18463

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

Retirement Benefit Accumulation Plan for Employees of PwcRetirement Benefit Accumulat…$1.9BHarley-Davidson Retirement PlanHarley-Davidson Retirement P…$1.9BRetirement Plan for Employees of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. and Participating SubsidiariesRetirement Plan for Employee…$1.9BGroup Retirement Income Plan No. 10Group Retirement Income Plan…$1.9BAramco U.S. Retirement Income PlanAramco U.S. Retirement Incom…$1.9B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Wisconsin filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.9B
Net Income$93M
Employer EIN391972791
Plan Effective Date1981-06-16
Filing StatusFILING 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
$1.5B$2B$2.5B$3B$3.5B 202220232024 $1.83B $3.1B ▲ +69.4%
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.

Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020004000600080001000012000 1.522.533.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.912240682 · Participants: 1560Harley-Davidson Retirement PlanThe Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.298151091 · Participants: 8348The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement PlanBuilding Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity, Total assets ($B): 3.267131995 · Participants: 9960Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and VicinityThe Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.08393057 · Participants: 7368The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement PlanRockwell Automation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.77661124 · Participants: 2136Rockwell Automation Pension PlanNorth Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 1.696009463 · Participants: 5662North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants
Compare Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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 Retirement Plan for Employees of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. and Participating Subsidiaries in HI ($1.9B); by covered participants it is I.U.O.E. Local 132 Pension Fund in WV (1,559 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,560 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 Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 4.7% during 2023, from $1.8B to $1.9B. Reported net income was $93M.
How have Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc's sponsor-wide assets grew 69.7%, from $1.8B to $3.1B.
Where does Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Plan for Employees of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. and Participating Subsidiaries in HI ($1.9B, 2,406 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is I.U.O.E. Local 132 Pension Fund in WV (1,559 participants, $548M 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 391972791.

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.