Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Bayer Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $2.4B
- Total assets
- 4,457
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $539,304
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Monsanto Company Pension Plan · Sponsored by Bayer Corporation · Missouri · Manufacturing
$2.4B in assets, 4,457 participants
Bayer Corporation's Monsanto Company Pension Plan reported $2.4B in total assets and 4,457 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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #18,523 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in Missouri
Monsanto Company Pension Plan covers 4,457 participants in Missouri, 6.0x the typical Missouri plan (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $2.4B.
- $2.4B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 4,457
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $539,304
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Monsanto Company Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$610M in the plan year 2022 filing to $62M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Monsanto Company Pension Plan reported participants fell from 4,817 in the plan year 2022 filing to 4,457 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Monsanto Company 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.
Participants vs Missouri filers
In Missouri, the average filing covers about 737 participants across 2,297 plans. Monsanto Company Pension Plan reports 4,457 participants - 6.0x that state average ($2.4B EOY assets).
Missouri filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.0B |
| Net Income | $62M |
| Employer EIN | 251339219 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1940-12-30 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bayer Corporation)
| 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.
Monsanto Company Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants
- 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
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Monsanto Company Pension Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Saint-Gobain Retirement Income Plan (PA) $2.4B · 11,921
- Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia & Vicinity (NJ) $2.4B · 10,032
- 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
- Newyork-Presbyterian Pension Plan (NY) $2.4B · 572
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Monsanto Company Pension Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Monsanto Company Pension 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 Missouri. Compare plans
- Bayer Corporation's sponsor-wide assets have grown 7.6% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans