401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Whirlpool Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.5B
Total assets Very large vs avg
19,016
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$181,558
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Whirlpool Corporation · Michigan · Manufacturing

$3.5B in assets, 19,016 participants

Whirlpool Corporation's Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan reported $3.5B in total assets and 19,016 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.

  • #17,623 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Michigan

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan covers 19,016 participants in Michigan, 30x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $3.5B.

#17,623
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+6.2%
assets growth YoY
35×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,452,502,444 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

Whirlpool 401(k) 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. Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan is a mega filing (19,016 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $344M in the plan year 2023 filing to $202M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $3.5B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 19,575 in the plan year 2023 filing to 19,016 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 381490038 · Whirlpool Corporation PY 2024 · 401(k)

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan · $3.5B · 19,016 · 100th

  • TYPE $3.5B
  • TYPE 19,016
  • TYPE 100th
  • TYPE 401(k)
  • TYPE near Verizon Savings Security Plan for Mid-Atlantic Associates
  • TYPE ind #17623

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 →

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Inova Health System Retirement Savings PlanInova Health System Retireme…$3.5BWhirlpool 401(k) Retirement PlanWhirlpool 401(k) Retirement …$3.5BVerizon Savings Security Plan for Mid-Atlantic AssociatesVerizon Savings Security Pla…$3.4BIlwu-Pma Savings (401(k)) PlanIlwu-Pma Savings (401(k)) Pl…$3.4BDupont Retirement Savings PlanDupont Retirement Savings Pl…$3.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Michigan filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.5B
Net Income$202M
Employer EIN381490038
Plan Effective Date1953-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Whirlpool Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Whirlpool Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$5.2B 8.10805951044653% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4.6B$4.8B$5B$5.2B$5.4B 202220232024 $4.81B $5.2B ▲ +8.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 25,815 $4.8B
2023 2 24,147 $5.2B
2024 2 23,249 $5.2B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Michigan

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 10000200003000040000500006000070000 0510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.452502444 · Participants: 19016Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement PlanGeneral Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United States, Total assets ($B): 23.0591668 · Participants: 43053General Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United StatesFord Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 17.26893589 · Participants: 31790Ford Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried EmployeesThe Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.768606712 · Participants: 17128The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings PlanThe General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United States, Total assets ($B): 9.568379082 · Participants: 42513The General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United StatesFord Motor Co. Tax-Efficient Savings Plan for Hourly Employees, Total assets ($B): 8.2932975 · Participants: 60497Ford Motor Co. Tax-Efficient Savings Plan for Hourly Employees
Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan reports $3.5B in end-of-year assets across 19,016 participants (0.028% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.020% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $181,558 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $202M.

This plan identity (EIN 381490038, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.7B to $3.5B (+26.0%) while covered participants moved from 20,774 to 19,016 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 20,774 $2.7B Open filing
2023 19,575 $3.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 19,016 $3.5B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Verizon Savings Security Plan for Mid-Atlantic Associates in NJ ($3.4B); by covered participants it is Farmers Group, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in CA (19,026 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.5B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (19,016 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 Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 6.2% during 2024, from $3.3B to $3.5B. Reported net income was $202M.
How have Whirlpool Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Whirlpool Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 8.1%, from $4.8B to $5.2B.
Where does Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Whirlpool 401(k) 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 401(k) plans are similar in size to Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Verizon Savings Security Plan for Mid-Atlantic Associates in NJ ($3.4B, 12,020 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Farmers Group, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in CA (19,026 participants, $5.0B 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 381490038.

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.