Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Wacker Chemical Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$95M
Total assets Below avg plan size
57
Participants Small participant base
91st
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.7M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Wacker Salaried Pension Plan · Sponsored by Wacker Chemical Corporation · Michigan · Manufacturing

$95M in assets, 57 participants

Wacker Chemical Corporation's Wacker Salaried Pension Plan reported $95M in total assets and 57 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st 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.

  • #16,151 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Wacker Salaried Pension Plan sits by assets

Wacker Salaried Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $95M for 57 participants (~$1.7M/participant), up 10.8% in 2023.

#16,151
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+10.8%
assets growth YoY
0.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Wacker Salaried Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Wacker Salaried Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$94,649,042 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 Salaried 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 Salaried Pension Plan is a small filing (57 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Wacker Salaried Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$13M in the plan year 2022 filing to $9M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Wacker Salaried Pension Plan reported participants fell from 72 in the plan year 2022 filing to 57 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Wacker Salaried Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $85M in the plan year 2022 filing to $95M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

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

Wacker Salaried Pension Plan · $95M · 57 · 91st

  • NET $95M
  • NET 57
  • NET 91st
  • NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • NET near Ilwu-Pma Watchmen Pension Plan
  • NET ind #16151

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 Salaried Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Msi Pension Plan II$95MPressroom Unions Pension Trust FundPressroom Unions Pension Tru…$95MIlwu-Pma Watchmen Pension PlanIlwu-Pma Watchmen Pension Pl…$95MWacker Salaried Pension Plan$95MUnited Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-Clc Highway Contractors Multi-Employer Pension PlanUnited Steelworkers of Ameri…$95M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Wacker Salaried 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)$85M
Net Assets (End of Year)$95M
Net Income$9M
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 Salaried Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100000100002000030000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Wacker Salaried Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.094649042 · Participants: 57Wacker Salaried 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 Salaried Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Wacker Salaried Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Ilwu-Pma Watchmen Pension Plan in CA ($95M); by covered participants it is Erie and Niagara Insurance Association Cash Balance Retirement Plan in NY (57 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (57 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 Salaried Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Wacker Salaried Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.8% during 2023, from $85M to $95M. Reported net income was $9M.
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 Salaried Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Wacker Salaried Pension Plan ranks in the 91st percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Wacker Salaried Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ilwu-Pma Watchmen Pension Plan in CA ($95M, 307 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Wacker Salaried Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Erie and Niagara Insurance Association Cash Balance Retirement Plan in NY (57 participants, $10M 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.