Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Bayer Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-07-24
- $2.0B
- Total assets
- 1,464
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $1.4M
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Bayer Corporation Pension Plan · Sponsored by Bayer Corporation · Missouri · Manufacturing
$2.0B in assets, 1,464 participants
Bayer Corporation's Bayer Corporation Pension Plan reported $2.0B in total assets and 1,464 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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
Where Bayer Corporation Pension Plan sits by assets
Bayer Corporation Pension Plan sits among the largest 1% of all filed plans, $2.0B for 1,464 participants (~$1.4M/participant), down 16.2% in 2024.
- $2.0B
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 1,464
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $1.4M
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $115M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Bayer Corporation Pension Plan reported net income fell from $27M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$115M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Bayer Corporation Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $2.4B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.0B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Bayer Corporation Pension Plan reported participants rose from 1,429 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,464 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Bayer Corporation Pension Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, Bayer Corporation Pension Plan outranks 99% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 20x the national average plan size of $100M (730 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.0B |
| Net Income | -$115M |
| Employer EIN | 251339219 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1941-03-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bayer Corporation)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 25,664 | $13.8B |
| 2023 | 4 | 25,475 | $15.2B |
| 2024 | 4 | 25,392 | $14.8B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Missouri
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Bayer Corporation Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants
- Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust $7.5B · 28,958
- Ameren Retirement Plan $4.8B · 9,760
- Co-Op Retirement Plan $3.5B · 15,151
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis $3.4B · 11,832
- Bjc Pension Plan $2.7B · 20,653
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Bayer Corporation Pension Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Group Retirement Income Plan No. 10 (IL) $2.0B · 2,560
- Morgan Stanley Employees Retirement Plan (NY) $2.0B · 5,950
- Twin City Carpenters and Joiners Pension Fund (MN) $2.0B · 6,440
- United Parcel Service, Inc. Local 177, I.B.T Multi-Employer Retirement Plan (GA) $2.0B · 4,790
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Ways to act on Bayer Corporation Pension Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Bayer Corporation Pension Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri. Compare plans
- Bayer Corporation's sponsor-wide assets have grown 7.6% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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 251339219.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.