Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Ford Motor Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$17.8B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
25,742
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$693,143
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Ford Motor Company · Michigan · Manufacturing

$17.8B in assets, 25,742 participants

Ford Motor Company's Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan reported $17.8B in total assets and 25,742 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.

  • #17,756 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Michigan

Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan covers 25,742 participants in Michigan, 40x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $17.8B.

#17,756
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-7.4%
assets change YoY
179×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $1.4B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$17,842,898,898 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Ford Motor Company UAW 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. Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan is a mega filing (25,742 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan reported net income fell from -$11M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$1.4B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $19.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $17.8B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 26,442 in the plan year 2023 filing to 25,742 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 380549190 · Ford Motor Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan · $17.8B · 25,742 · 100th

  • IND $17.8B
  • IND 25,742
  • IND 100th
  • IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near IBM Personal Pension Plan
  • IND ind #17756

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 Michigan →

Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement ProgramLockheed Martin Corporation …$18.3BIBM Personal Pension Plan$17.9BFord Motor Company UAW Retirement PlanFord Motor Company UAW Retir…$17.8BPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Com…$17.6B1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund1199seiu Health Care Employe…$16.9B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Michigan filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$19.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$17.8B
Net Income-$1.4B
Employer EIN380549190
Plan Effective Date1950-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ford Motor Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ford Motor Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$55.6B 4.756748816652535% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$52B$53B$54B$55B$56B 202220232024 $53.1B $55.6B ▲ +4.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 130,980 $53.1B
2023 5 127,172 $55.3B
2024 5 127,396 $55.6B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan

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

Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 50001000015000200002500030000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.842898898 · Participants: 25742Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement PlanGeneral Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 42.453822995 · Participants: 15648General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension PlanFord Motor Company General Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.116125366 · Participants: 8585Ford Motor Company General Retirement PlanDow Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.930410978 · Participants: 6888Dow Employees' Pension PlanFca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement, Total assets ($B): 10.255300049 · Participants: 12752Fca US LLC UAW Pension AgreementGeneral Motors Salaried Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 4.12224122 · Participants: 8644General Motors Salaried Retirement Program
Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan

Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan reports $17.8B in end-of-year assets across 25,742 participants (0.14% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.027% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $693,143 per participant (5.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$1.4B.

This plan identity (EIN 380549190, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $19.3B to $17.8B (-7.5%) while covered participants moved from 27,567 to 25,742 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 27,567 $19.3B Open filing
2023 26,442 $19.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 25,742 $17.8B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is IBM Personal Pension Plan in NY ($17.9B); by covered participants it is The Southern Company Pension Plan in GA (25,843 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($17.8B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (25,742 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 Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan assets move in 2024?
Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 7.4% during 2024, from $19.3B to $17.8B. Reported net income was -$1.4B.
How have Ford Motor Company plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ford Motor Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 4.8%, from $53.1B to $55.6B.
Where does Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is IBM Personal Pension Plan in NY ($17.9B, 48,014 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Southern Company Pension Plan in GA (25,843 participants, $15.3B in assets).