Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Rockwell Automation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$1.8B
Total assets
2,001
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$904,530
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Rockwell Automation, Inc. · Wisconsin · Manufacturing

Rockwell Automation, Inc.'s Rockwell Automation Pension Plan reported $1.8B in total assets and 2,001 participants in its 2024 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.

What the 2024 filing shows

Rockwell Automation Pension Plan holds $1.8B for 2,001 participants - about $904,530 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, up 1.9% over the 2024 plan year.

$1.8B
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
2,001
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$904,530
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Rockwell Automation Pension Plan

Rockwell Automation Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Rockwell Automation, Inc., headquartered in Wisconsin. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $1.8B in total end-of-year assets and covers 2,001 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 251797617, and the plan has been effective since 2001-06-30. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged up modestly from $1.8B at the beginning of 2024 to $1.8B at year-end - up 1.9%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $1.8B, with reported net income of $28M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Rockwell Automation, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $5.3B to $5.6B, a gain of 5.3%, while reported participants moved from 11,346 to 11,249 (-0.9%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $5.6B; the softest was 2022 at $5.3B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $5.3B in assets across 4 plans covering 11,346 participants; 2023 - $5.4B in assets across 3 plans covering 11,047 participants; 2024 - $5.6B in assets across 3 plans covering 11,249 participants.

By assets, Rockwell Automation Pension Plan outranks 99% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 18x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Rockwell Automation Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.8B
Total Assets (End of Year)$1.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.8B
Net Income$28M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN251797617
Plan Effective Date2001-06-30
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)

$5.2B$5.3B$5.4B$5.5B$5.6B$5.7B 202220232024 $5.3B $5.58B ▲ +5.3%
Total plan assets by year, all Rockwell Automation, Inc. 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 11,346 $5.3B
2023 3 11,047 $5.4B
2024 3 11,249 $5.6B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Rockwell Automation Pension Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Rockwell Automation Pension Plan holds $1.8B in total assets with 2,001 participants. It is sponsored by Rockwell Automation, Inc..
What type of plan is Rockwell Automation Pension Plan?
Rockwell Automation Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 2001-06-30. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 251797617.
Who sponsors the Rockwell Automation Pension Plan?
Rockwell Automation Pension Plan is sponsored by Rockwell Automation, Inc., located in Wisconsin. The sponsor's EIN is 251797617 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Rockwell Automation Pension Plan perform in 2024?
Rockwell Automation Pension Plan edged up modestly - up 1.9% during 2024, moving from $1.8B to $1.8B in total assets. Net income was $28M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Rockwell Automation Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Rockwell Automation Pension Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
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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 251797617.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.