Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Wacker Chemical Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$37M
Total assets Below avg plan size
37
Participants Small participant base
82nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.0M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Wacker Hourly Pension Plan · Sponsored by Wacker Chemical Corporation · Michigan · Manufacturing

$37M in assets, 37 participants

Wacker Chemical Corporation's Wacker Hourly Pension Plan reported $37M in total assets and 37 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 82nd 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.

  • #13,959 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Wacker Hourly Pension Plan sits by assets

Wacker Hourly Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $37M for 37 participants (~$1.0M/participant), up 14.4% in 2023.

#13,959
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+14.4%
assets growth YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Wacker Hourly Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Wacker Hourly Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$37,023,545 Top 18% higher than 82% 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

Wacker Hourly Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Wacker Hourly Pension Plan is a small filing (37 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Wacker Hourly Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$8M in the plan year 2022 filing to $5M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Wacker Hourly Pension Plan reported participants fell from 48 in the plan year 2022 filing to 37 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Wacker Hourly Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $32M in the plan year 2022 filing to $37M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 942272388 · Wacker Chemical Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Wacker Hourly Pension Plan · $37M · 37 · 82nd

  • NET $37M
  • BOOK 37
  • VS-ST 82nd
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Amended and Restated Keeneland Employees' Security Plan and Trust Agreement
  • EBSA ind #13959

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 →

Wacker Hourly Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Ctdu - Pension Fund$37MNovelis Terre Haute Hourly Pension PlanNovelis Terre Haute Hourly P…$37MInt'l Assn of Heat & Frost Insulators & Asbestos Workers Local 127 Pension FundInt'l Assn of Heat & Frost I…$37MAmended and Restated Keeneland Employees' Security Plan and Trust AgreementAmended and Restated Keenela…$37MWacker Hourly Pension Plan$37M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Wacker Hourly Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$32M
Net Assets (End of Year)$37M
Net Income$5M
Employer EIN942272388
Plan Effective Date1987-06-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wacker Chemical Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Wacker Chemical Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$400M 24.674629118536924% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$300M$350M$400M$450M 202220232024 $321M $400M ▲ +24.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 1,672 $321M
2023 4 1,790 $366M
2024 4 1,580 $400M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan

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

Wacker Hourly Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100000100002000030000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Wacker Hourly Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.037023545 · Participants: 37Wacker Hourly Pension PlanGeneral Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 44.838918802 · Participants: 17959General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension PlanFord Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.269442236 · Participants: 26442Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement PlanFord Motor Company General Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.705910161 · Participants: 10215Ford Motor Company General Retirement PlanDow Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.529460215 · Participants: 14051Dow Employees' Pension PlanFca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement, Total assets ($B): 11.155705594 · Participants: 13635Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement
Wacker Hourly Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Wacker Hourly Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Wacker Hourly Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Amended and Restated Keeneland Employees' Security Plan and Trust Agreement in KY ($37M); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Officers,Business Reps and Office Employees of Local 464a in NJ (37 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (37 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 Wacker Hourly Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Wacker Hourly Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.4% during 2023, from $32M to $37M. Reported net income was $5M.
How have Wacker Chemical Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Wacker Chemical Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 24.7%, from $321M to $400M.
Where does Wacker Hourly Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Wacker Hourly Pension Plan ranks in the 82nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Wacker Hourly Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Amended and Restated Keeneland Employees' Security Plan and Trust Agreement in KY ($37M, 258 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Wacker Hourly Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Plan for Officers,Business Reps and Office Employees of Local 464a in NJ (37 participants, $13M 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 942272388.

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.