Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Deere & Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $4.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 10,894
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $372,191
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: John Deere Pension Plan for Wage Employees · Sponsored by Deere & Company · Illinois · Manufacturing
$4.1B in assets, 10,894 participants
Deere & Company's John Deere Pension Plan for Wage Employees reported $4.1B in total assets and 10,894 participants in its 2023 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.
- #18,593 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
John Deere Pension Plan for Wage Employees covers 10,894 participants in Illinois, 14x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $4.1B.
- #18,593
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +6.7%
- assets growth YoY
- 41×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
John Deere Pension Plan for Wage Employees's outsized position by total assets
John Deere Pension Plan for Wage Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$4,054,643,472 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
John Deere Pension Plan for Wage Employees's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. John Deere Pension Plan for Wage Employees is a mega filing (10,894 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- John Deere Pension Plan for Wage Employees reported participants rose from N/A in the plan year 2022 filing to 10,894 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- John Deere Pension Plan for Wage Employees reported net income rose from -$334M in the plan year 2022 filing to $254M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- John Deere Pension Plan for Wage Employees end-of-year assets rose from $3.8B in the plan year 2022 filing to $4.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 362382580 · Deere & Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
John Deere Pension Plan for Wage Employees · $4.1B · 10,894 · 100th
- 5500 $4.1B
- ASSETS 10,894
- PCT 100th
- EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
- RANK near Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan
- PHOTO ind #18593
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 Illinois →
John Deere Pension Plan for Wage Employees in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.1B |
| Net Income | $254M |
| Employer EIN | 362382580 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1950-08-14 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Deere & Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Deere & Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $24.8B 17.130282974591164% vs 2022
- 2023 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 31,662 | $21.2B |
| 2023 | 4 | 59,809 | $24.8B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan $49.7B · 48,538
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees $35.2B · 45,001
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund $8.0B · 20,680
- John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees $8.0B · 16,346
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $7.8B · 17,382
John Deere Pension Plan for Wage Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan in NC ($4.0B); by covered participants it is Eighth District Electrical Pension Fund in NV (10,900 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.1B here).
- Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan (NC) $4.0B · 14,485
- Fca US LLC Pension Plan (MI) $4.1B · 2,903
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan a (CA) $4.1B · 4,631
- New York Life Insurance Company Pension Plan (NY) $4.1B · 9,463
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,894 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Eighth District Electrical Pension Fund (NV) 10,900 · 6 off
- N. Atlantic States Carp. Guaranteed Annuity Fund (MA) 10,911 · 17 off
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D (CA) 10,813 · 81 off
- Lumen Combined Pension Plan (LA) 10,804 · 90 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.