Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$19.3B
Total assets
26,442
Participants
100th
Percentile by assets
$728,744
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Ford Motor Company · Michigan · Manufacturing

What the 2023 filing shows

Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan holds $19.3B for 26,442 participants - about $728,744 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, down 0.1% over the 2023 plan year.

$19.3B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
26,442
covered participants
100th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$728,744
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $11M 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 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan

Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Ford Motor Company, headquartered in Michigan. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $19.3B in total end-of-year assets and covers 26,442 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 380549190, and the plan has been effective since 1950-03-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets held essentially flat from $19.3B at the beginning of 2023 to $19.3B at year-end - down 0.1%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $19.3B, with reported net income of -$11M 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 Ford Motor Company has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $53.1B to $55.6B, a gain of 4.8%, while reported participants moved from 130,980 to 127,396 (-2.7%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $55.6B; the softest was 2022 at $53.1B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $53.1B in assets across 5 plans covering 130,980 participants; 2023 - $55.3B in assets across 5 plans covering 127,172 participants; 2024 - $55.6B in assets across 5 plans covering 127,396 participants.

By assets, Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan outranks nearly all the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 193x 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 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement 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 (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$19.3B
Total Assets (End of Year)$19.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$19.3B
Net Income-$11M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN380549190
Plan Effective Date1950-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ford Motor Company)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 130,980 $53.1B
2023 5 127,172 $55.3B
2024 5 127,396 $55.6B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan holds $19.3B in total assets with 26,442 participants. It is sponsored by Ford Motor Company.
What type of plan is Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan?
Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1950-03-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 380549190.
Who sponsors the Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan?
Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan is sponsored by Ford Motor Company, located in Michigan. The sponsor's EIN is 380549190 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan perform in 2023?
Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan held essentially flat - down 0.1% during 2023, moving from $19.3B to $19.3B in total assets. Net income was -$11M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement 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
  • Ford Motor Company's sponsor-wide assets have grown 4.8% 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 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 380549190.

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 2026-05-15.