401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Bayer Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $10.8B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 19,357
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $558,514
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Bayer Corporation · Missouri · Manufacturing
$10.8B in assets, 19,357 participants
Bayer Corporation's Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan reported $10.8B in total assets and 19,357 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #17,730 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Missouri
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan covers 19,357 participants in Missouri, 26x the typical Missouri plan (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $10.8B.
- #17,730
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +4.6%
- assets growth YoY
- 108×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$10,811,159,993 Highest reported value at or above every one of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan is a mega filing (19,357 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $1.2B in the plan year 2023 filing to $477M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $10.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $10.8B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 19,273 in the plan year 2023 filing to 19,357 in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 251339219 · Bayer Corporation PY 2024 · 401(k)
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan · $10.8B · 19,357 · 100th
- ASSETS $10.8B
- ASSETS 19,357
- ASSETS 100th
- ASSETS 401(k)
- ASSETS near The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan
- ASSETS ind #17730
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 Savings and Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Missouri filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $10.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $10.8B |
| Net Income | $477M |
| Employer EIN | 251339219 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1984-01-01 |
| 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 401(k) Plans in Missouri
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Edward D. Jones & Co. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan $12.4B · 47,254
- Emerson Savings Plan $7.4B · 8,315
- Enterprise Holdings Retirement Savings Plan $6.5B · 72,024
- Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan $4.7B · 53,760
- Anheuser-Busch 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan $3.6B · 14,148
Scale composition for Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan reports $10.8B in end-of-year assets across 19,357 participants (0.088% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.021% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $558,514 per participant (4.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $477M.
This plan identity (EIN 251339219, plan #051) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $9.2B to $10.8B (+17.7%) while covered participants moved from 18,917 to 19,357 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18,917 | $9.2B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 19,273 | $10.3B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 19,357 | $10.8B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Bayer Corporation Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.0B, 1,464 participants)
- Monsanto Company Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.0B, 4,257 participants)
Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Missouri, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan in MI ($10.8B); by covered participants it is Abc Supply Company Employees' Savings & Retirement Plan in WI (19,388 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($10.8B here).
- The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan (MI) $10.8B · 17,128
- The Prudential Employee Savings Plan (NJ) $10.7B · 17,685
- Usaa Retirement Savings Plan (TX) $10.9B · 37,273
- Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan (VA) $10.6B · 32,246
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (19,357 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Abc Supply Company Employees' Savings & Retirement Plan (WI) 19,388 · 31 off
- Estes Express Lines 401(k) Retirement Plan (VA) 19,247 · 110 off
- Winco Foods 401(k) Plan (ID) 19,177 · 180 off
- Jo-Ann Stores, LLC 401(k) Savings Plan (OH) 19,582 · 225 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.