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Harley-Davidson Employees Pension Plan

corporate plan · Harley-Davidson · Carson City, NV

ACTIVEPBGC Covered
C
Pension Health Score
59/100
Funding Status75% Funded
0%80% threshold100%
$4.8B
Total Assets
$6.3B
Total Liabilities
$1.6B
Unfunded Liability
23,796
Participants

Funding History

What This Means for You

Harley-Davidson Employees Pension Plan is 75% funded, which is below the 80% threshold that actuaries consider healthy. The plan has $1.6B in unfunded liabilities that must be addressed through increased contributions, investment returns, or benefit adjustments. PBGC coverage provides a backstop, but benefits could be reduced to PBGC maximums in a worst-case scenario. Current participants should monitor this plan and consider supplemental retirement savings.

Year-by-Year Funding

YearAssetsLiabilitiesFunding RatioContributions
2025$4.8B$6.3B75.0%$385.0M
2024$4.5B$5.8B76.9%$293.9M
2023$4.4B$6.1B71.4%$267.2M
2022$4.2B$5.5B76.8%$330.8M
2021$3.9B$5.0B79.4%$365.0M

Frequently Asked Questions

Harley-Davidson Employees Pension Plan is 75% funded, meaning it has 75 cents in assets for every dollar in future benefit obligations. This is below the 80% threshold actuaries consider healthy, and may require increased contributions.

Harley-Davidson Employees Pension Plan has 23,796 total participants, including 8,609 active employees and 15,187 retirees currently receiving benefits.

Yes, Harley-Davidson 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.