Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

The Hershey Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

N/A
Total assets —
1,009
Participants Near avg headcount
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Official DOL plan name: The Hershey Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees · Sponsored by The Hershey Company · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

N/A in assets, 1,009 participants

The Hershey Company's The Hershey Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees reported N/A in total assets and 1,009 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

The Hershey Company multi-year trail

The Hershey Company's plans moved +11.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows The Hershey Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees at N/A / 1,009 participants.

-$8M
reported net income

The plan reported a net loss of $8M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

The Hershey Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees'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. The Hershey Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees lands in the large band (1,009 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Hershey Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees reported net income rose from -$101M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$8M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Hershey Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees reported participants fell from 1,115 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,009 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 230691590 · The Hershey Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Hershey Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees · N/A · 1,009

  • PHOTO N/A
  • PHOTO 1,009
  • PHOTO PY 2023
  • PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PHOTO near Joint Comm on Acred of Healthcare Org Accnt Based Retir Pln
  • PHOTO -$8M

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 Pennsylvania →

The Hershey Company multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Hershey Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.9B 11.883862972141115% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.5B$2.6B$2.7B$2.8B$2.9B$3B 202220232024 $2.57B $2.87B ▲ +11.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 12,923 $2.6B
2023 5 14,683 $2.8B
2024 4 14,048 $2.9B

The Hershey Company filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$308M
Net Assets (End of Year)N/A
Net Income-$8M
Employer EIN230691590
Plan Effective Date1941-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Pennsylvania

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

The Hershey Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 5 data points. 020000400006000080000 4681012 Total assets ($B) Participants National Elevator Industry Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.224377797 · Participants: 27434National Elevator Industry Pension PlanSteelworkers Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 6.602912146 · Participants: 47052Steelworkers Pension TrustThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.63715 · Participants: 63680The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension PlanConstellation Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 5.323012123 · Participants: 5080Constellation Retirement ProgramThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.257223708 · Participants: 7374The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan
The Hershey Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare The Hershey Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

The Hershey Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees's closest out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by covered participants is Joint Comm on Acred of Healthcare Org Accnt Based Retir Pln in IL (1,010 participants; this filing: 1,009 participants).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,009 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 have The Hershey Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Hershey Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 11.9%, from $2.6B to $2.9B.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Hershey Company Retirement Plan for Hourly Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Joint Comm on Acred of Healthcare Org Accnt Based Retir Pln in IL (1,010 participants, $89M 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 230691590.

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.