Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it will pay profit-sharing bonuses of approximately $6,780 to hourly autoworkers in the United States for 2025.

The total amount for employees could be above or below that depending on compensated hours for the 56,300 eligible employees and another 1,490 workers who retired last year. The amount is down 34% from the approximately $10,208 checks for Ford workers last year. Autoworkers can expect to receive the payouts in mid-March.

"We are very grateful for the employees' work to deliver quality vehicles in 2025," Ford Chief Financial Officer Sherry House said during an earnings briefing.

The Dearborn automaker recorded an adjusted operating income of $6.8 billion in 2025, which was down by a third year-over-year. Although the amount doesn't reflect the special charges from Ford's plans to redeploy assets from electric vehicles to hybrids, gas-powered vehicles and stationary energy storage products, 2025 faced increased costs from tariffs, production disruptions from fires at an aluminum supplier and other supply-chain challenges.

The adjusted operating income figure is plugged into the profit-sharing formula negotiated in 2023 during contract talks with the United Auto Workers. Since the Dearborn automaker no longer reports financial results for North America, the formula calculates the payout based on the company's global earnings figures, including Ford Credit. The negotiations also made temporary employees eligible for profit sharing.

Employees of the BlueOvalSK LLC joint venture between Ford and South Korean battery partner SK On Ltd. are not eligible for these bonuses, as they were not included under the union's master agreement with the automaker. Approximately 1,600 employees at the battery park in Glendale, Kentucky, are facing layoff on Saturday, as Ford dissolves the joint venture and retools the site for stationary energy storage production.

Ford employs more hourly workers in the United States and produces more vehicles for domestic consumption and export than any other automaker. The company earlier this month declared a regular 15-cent quarterly dividend.

Last week, crosstown rival General Motors Co. said it would pay more than 47,000 eligible hourly workers $10,500 in profit sharing, down from last year's $14,500 record. UAW-represented workers at Ultium Cells LLC, GM's joint venture with LG Energy Solution, are eligible for those payments.

Chrysler and Jeep parent Stellantis NV will report its 2025 financial results and profit sharing for U.S. employees on Feb. 26.

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