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A.O. Smith Corporation Employees Pension Plan

corporate plan · A.O. Smith Corporation · Evansville, IN

ACTIVEPBGC Covered
B
Pension Health Score
68/100
Funding Status71% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$5.2B
Total Assets
$7.3B
Total Liabilities
$2.1B
Unfunded Liability
45,551
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

A.O. Smith Corporation Employees Pension Plan is in good financial health at 71% funded. This means for every dollar the plan owes in future benefits, it has 71 cents in assets to cover it. This plan is also covered by the PBGC, providing an additional safety net. Participants in this plan have relatively low risk of benefit reductions.

Year-by-Year Funding

YearAssetsLiabilitiesFunding RatioContributions
2025$5.2B$7.3B71.0%$136.7M
2024$5.2B$7.3B71.3%$154.6M
2023$4.8B$7.5B63.8%$178.1M
2022$4.8B$6.8B69.8%$157.9M
2021$4.5B$6.6B68.2%$167.8M

Frequently Asked Questions

A.O. Smith Corporation Employees Pension Plan is 71% funded, meaning it has 71 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is below the 80% threshold actuaries consider healthy, and may require increased contributions.

A.O. Smith Corporation Employees Pension Plan has 45,551 total participants, including 19,485 active employees and 26,066 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Yes, A.O. Smith Corporation Employees Pension Plan is covered by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), which provides a backstop if the plan cannot pay benefits. The PBGC risk level is currently "moderate."

The Pension Health Score (0-100, A-F) measures a pension plan's financial strength based on funding ratio (50%), funding trend over 3 years (30%), and PBGC risk level (20%). Higher scores indicate more secure retirement benefits.

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Pension Health Score is calculated from funding ratio, 3-year funding trend, and PBGC risk classification.