Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$70M
Total assets Below avg plan size
1,133
Participants Near avg headcount
88th
Percentile by assets National rank
$61,769
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan · Sponsored by Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. · California · Wholesale Trade

$70M in assets, 1,133 participants

Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a.'s Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan reported $70M in total assets and 1,133 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 88th 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.

  • #5,413 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

Where Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan sits by assets

Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $70M for 1,133 participants (~$61,769/participant), down 18.3% in 2024.

#5,413
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
-18.3%
assets change YoY
0.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $16M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$69,984,033 Top 12% higher than 88% of 123,620 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 2024

Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan lands in the large band (1,133 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$16M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $86M in the plan year 2023 filing to $70M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 221824424 · Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan · $70M · 1,133 · 88th

  • RANK $70M
  • RANK 1,133
  • RANK 88th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near I.B.E.W. Local 490 Pension Fund
  • RANK ind #5413

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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Cash Balance Retirement Plan for Non-Union Employees of Butler Memorial HospitalCash Balance Retirement Plan…$70MKawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension PlanKawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a…$70MI.B.E.W. Local 490 Pension FundI.B.E.W. Local 490 Pension F…$70MGrand View Hospital Retirement Income PlanGrand View Hospital Retireme…$70MDallasnews Corporation Pension Plan IDallasnews Corporation Pensi…$70M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$86M
Net Assets (End of Year)$70M
Net Income-$16M
Employer EIN221824424
Plan Effective Date1974-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$238M 12.209381674207394% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$200M$210M$220M$230M$240M$250M 202220232024 $212M $238M ▲ +12.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 861 $212M
2023 2 1,795 $232M
2024 2 1,810 $238M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.069984033 · Participants: 1133Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension PlanKaiser Permanente Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 34.452234723 · Participants: 135057Kaiser Permanente Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.60716624 · Participants: 27500Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 11.441381434 · Participants: 18983Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc.Western States Carpenters Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.342334451 · Participants: 48582Western States Carpenters Pension PlanIlwu-Pma Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.798538721 · Participants: 15833Ilwu-Pma Pension Plan
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is I.B.E.W. Local 490 Pension Fund in NH ($70M); by covered participants it is The Chambersburg Hospital Pension Plan for Union Represented Employees in PA (1,131 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,133 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan declined sharply - down 18.3% during 2024, from $86M to $70M. Reported net income was -$16M.
How have Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 12.2%, from $212M to $238M.
Where does Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan ranks in the 88th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is I.B.E.W. Local 490 Pension Fund in NH ($70M, 237 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.a. Employees Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Chambersburg Hospital Pension Plan for Union Represented Employees in PA (1,131 participants, $224M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 221824424.

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.