Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit

Data updated 2026-05-15

$19M
Total assets
632
Participants
69th
Percentile by assets
$29,383
Avg per participant

Sponsored by A.O. Smith Corporation · Wisconsin · Manufacturing

What the 2024 filing shows

American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit holds $19M for 632 participants - about $29,383 per participant, above the median plan by assets, down 8.4% over the 2024 plan year.

$19M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
632
covered participants
69th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$29,383
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Manufacturing

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit

American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit is an Other retirement plan sponsored by A.O. Smith Corporation, headquartered in Wisconsin. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $19M in total end-of-year assets and covers 632 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 390619790, and the plan has been effective since 2021-12-31. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets pulled back noticeably from $20M at the beginning of 2024 to $19M at year-end - down 8.4%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $18M, with reported net income of -$2M 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 A.O. Smith Corporation has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $558M to $652M, a gain of 16.8%, while reported participants moved from 14,335 to 5,469 (-61.8%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $652M; the softest was 2022 at $558M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $558M in assets across 3 plans covering 14,335 participants; 2023 - $626M in assets across 3 plans covering 5,407 participants; 2024 - $652M in assets across 3 plans covering 5,469 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 American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit 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)$20M
Total Assets (End of Year)$19M
Net Assets (End of Year)$18M
Net Income-$2M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN390619790
Plan Effective Date2021-12-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (A.O. Smith Corporation)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 14,335 $558M
2023 3 5,407 $626M
2024 3 5,469 $652M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit holds $19M in total assets with 632 participants. It is sponsored by A.O. Smith Corporation.
What type of plan is American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit?
American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit is an Other plan. It has been effective since 2021-12-31. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 390619790.
Who sponsors the American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit?
American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit is sponsored by A.O. Smith Corporation, located in Wisconsin. The sponsor's EIN is 390619790 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit perform in 2024?
American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit pulled back noticeably - down 8.4% during 2024, moving from $20M to $19M in total assets. Net income was -$2M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit's numbers.

  • By total assets, American Water Heater Company Pension Plan for the Johnson City, Tennessee Manufacturing Bargaining Unit ranks above the median plan by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in Wisconsin. Compare plans
  • A.O. Smith Corporation's sponsor-wide assets have grown 16.8% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
  • An Other plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

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 390619790.

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 2026-05-15.