Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Handy & Harman Ltd. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$271M
Total assets Near avg plan size
57
Participants Small participant base
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$4.8M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Whx Pension Plan II · Sponsored by Handy & Harman Ltd. · New York · Manufacturing

$271M in assets, 57 participants

Handy & Harman Ltd.'s Whx Pension Plan II reported $271M in total assets and 57 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.

  • #16,509 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Whx Pension Plan II sits by assets

Whx Pension Plan II sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $271M for 57 participants (~$4.8M/participant), up 1.4% in 2024.

#16,509
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+1.4%
assets growth YoY
2.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Whx Pension Plan II's outsized position by total assets

Whx Pension Plan II vs every filed plan by assets

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

$271,360,619 Top 5% higher than 95% 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

Whx Pension Plan II among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Whx Pension Plan II is a small filing (57 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Whx Pension Plan II reported net income fell from $27M in the plan year 2023 filing to $4M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Whx Pension Plan II reported participants fell from 76 in the plan year 2023 filing to 57 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Whx Pension Plan II end-of-year assets rose from $268M in the plan year 2023 filing to $271M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 133768097 · Handy & Harman Ltd. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Whx Pension Plan II · $271M · 57 · 95th

  • EOY $271M
  • 5500 57
  • ASSETS 95th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Pension Plan for Plant Employees of Green Bay Pack
  • RANK ind #16509

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 New York →

Whx Pension Plan II in the asset neighbourhood

Black Hills Retirement Plan$272MWhx Pension Plan II$271MPension Plan for Plant Employees of Green Bay PackPension Plan for Plant Emplo…$271MPension Plan of Newmont$271MLynden Pension Equity Plan$271M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Whx Pension Plan II and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$268M
Net Assets (End of Year)$271M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN133768097
Plan Effective Date2016-12-30
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Handy & Harman Ltd.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Handy & Harman Ltd. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$271M 12.406049141595616% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$230M$240M$250M$260M$270M$280M 202220232024 $241M $271M ▲ +12.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 2 $241M
2023 1 76 $268M
2024 1 57 $271M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Whx Pension Plan II vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Whx Pension Plan II, Total assets ($B): 0.271360619 · Participants: 57Whx Pension Plan IIIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.919858993 · Participants: 48014IBM Personal Pension Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.913316696 · Participants: 1118331199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.588456377 · Participants: 10608Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.970337119 · Participants: 8876Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanGE Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.92290143 · Participants: 5829GE Energy Pension Plan
Whx Pension Plan II vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Whx Pension Plan II side-by-side with 3 peers →

Whx Pension Plan II's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan for Plant Employees of Green Bay Pack in WI ($271M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan B of the American College of Physicians, Inc. in PA (57 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($271M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (57 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 Whx Pension Plan II assets move in 2024? ▼
Whx Pension Plan II edged up modestly - up 1.4% during 2024, from $268M to $271M. Reported net income was $4M.
How have Handy & Harman Ltd. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Handy & Harman Ltd.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 12.4%, from $241M to $271M.
Where does Whx Pension Plan II rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Whx Pension Plan II ranks in the 95th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Whx Pension Plan II? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pension Plan for Plant Employees of Green Bay Pack in WI ($271M, 1,814 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Whx Pension Plan II? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pension Plan B of the American College of Physicians, Inc. in PA (57 participants, $53M 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 133768097.

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.