Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.9B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 1,414
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.3M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc · Wisconsin · Manufacturing
$1.9B in assets, 1,414 participants
Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc's Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan reported $1.9B in total assets and 1,414 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.
- #17,505 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Wisconsin
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan covers 1,414 participants in Wisconsin, 2.5x the typical Wisconsin plan (state average ~563 per filing). Assets: $1.9B.
- #17,505
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -3.2%
- assets change YoY
- 19×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $62M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$1,851,962,731 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan lands in the large band (1,414 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $93M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$62M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 1,560 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,414 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1.9B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.9B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 391972791 · Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan · $1.9B · 1,414 · 99th
- IND $1.9B
- IND 1,414
- IND 99th
- IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
- IND near Legacy Plan of the National Retirement Fund
- IND ind #17505
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 Wisconsin →
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Wisconsin filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.8B |
| Net Income | -$62M |
| Employer EIN | 391972791 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1981-06-16 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.1B 69.72903134099016% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1,744 | $1.8B |
| 2023 | 1 | 1,560 | $1.9B |
| 2024 | 4 | 6,642 | $3.1B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Wisconsin
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity $3.5B · 10,236
- The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan $3.3B · 8,254
- The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement Plan $2.1B · 7,653
- North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund $1.8B · 5,105
- Rockwell Automation Pension Plan $1.8B · 2,001
Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Wisconsin, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Legacy Plan of the National Retirement Fund in NY ($1.9B); by covered participants it is Summa Health Retirement Income Plan and Trust in OH (1,418 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.9B here).
- Legacy Plan of the National Retirement Fund (NY) $1.9B · 10,704
- Disney Associated Companies' Retirement Plan (CA) $1.8B · 26,140
- Kpmg Partner Pension Plan (NJ) $1.9B · 2,423
- Pepco Holdings LLC Retirement Plan (IL) $1.9B · 3,199
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,414 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Summa Health Retirement Income Plan and Trust (OH) 1,418 · 4 off
- U. a. Local 38 Defined Benefit Pension Plan (CA) 1,419 · 5 off
- Pension Plan for Eligible Bettis Employees and Retirees (PA) 1,420 · 6 off
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Bath Iron Works) (VA) 1,407 · 7 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.