Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Bayer Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.4B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 1,429
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.7M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Bayer Corporation Pension Plan · Sponsored by Bayer Corporation · Missouri · Manufacturing
$2.4B in assets, 1,429 participants
Bayer Corporation's Bayer Corporation Pension Plan reported $2.4B in total assets and 1,429 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.
- #18,526 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Where Bayer Corporation Pension Plan sits by assets
Bayer Corporation Pension Plan sits among the largest 1% of all filed plans, $2.4B for 1,429 participants (~$1.7M/participant), up 3.8% in 2023.
- #18,526
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +3.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 24×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Bayer Corporation Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Bayer Corporation Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$2,418,518,360 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Bayer Corporation Pension 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. Bayer Corporation Pension Plan lands in the large band (1,429 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Bayer Corporation Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$701M in the plan year 2022 filing to $27M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Bayer Corporation Pension Plan reported participants fell from 1,611 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,429 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Bayer Corporation Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.3B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 251339219 · Bayer Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Bayer Corporation Pension Plan · $2.4B · 1,429 · 99th
- SCH $2.4B
- EBSA 1,429
- PART 99th
- TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
- NET near Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia & Vicinity
- BOOK ind #18526
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 Missouri →
Bayer Corporation Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.1B |
| Net Income | $27M |
| Employer EIN | 251339219 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1941-03-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bayer Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Bayer Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $14.8B 7.61880846697146% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 25,664 | $13.8B |
| 2023 | 4 | 25,475 | $15.2B |
| 2024 | 4 | 25,392 | $14.8B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Missouri
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust $7.8B · 30,358
- Ameren Retirement Plan $4.7B · 10,156
- Co-Op Retirement Plan $3.5B · 14,993
- Emerson Electric Company Retirement Plan $3.4B · 2,671
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis $3.3B · 11,420
Bayer Corporation Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Missouri, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia & Vicinity in NJ ($2.4B); by covered participants it is Oregon Processors Seasonal Employees Pension Plan in OR (1,428 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.4B here).
- Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia & Vicinity (NJ) $2.4B · 10,032
- Saint-Gobain Retirement Income Plan (PA) $2.4B · 11,921
- Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 (IL) $2.4B · 7,000
- Pension Plan of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (NJ) $2.4B · 428
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,429 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Oregon Processors Seasonal Employees Pension Plan (OR) 1,428 · 1 off
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan of the Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 400 and Mechanical Contractors Association of North Central Wisconsin (WI) 1,427 · 2 off
- District 1199seiu - the Johns Hopkins Hospital Pension Plan (MD) 1,426 · 3 off
- Northwest Bank Pension Plan (PA) 1,434 · 5 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.