401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Northrop Grumman Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $32.6B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 92,420
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $352,384
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Northrop Grumman Savings Plan · Sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing
$32.6B in assets, 92,420 participants
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Northrop Grumman Savings Plan reported $32.6B in total assets and 92,420 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #20,597 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan covers 92,420 participants in Virginia, 118x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $32.6B.
- #20,597
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -12.4%
- assets change YoY
- 327×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $4.6B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$32,567,331,218 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Northrop Grumman Savings Plan is a mega filing (92,420 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 800640649 · Northrop Grumman Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan · $32.6B · 92,420 · 100th
- PART $32.6B
- PART 92,420
- PART 100th
- PART 401(k)
- PART near Google LLC 401(k) Savings Plan
- PART ind #20597
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 Virginia →
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $37.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $32.6B |
| Net Income | -$4.6B |
| Employer EIN | 800640649 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1962-02-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Northrop Grumman Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Northrop Grumman Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $70.6B 12.39714344145889% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 119,474 | $62.8B |
| 2023 | 8 | 122,852 | $67.7B |
| 2024 | 8 | 127,891 | $70.6B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- 401(k) Pension Plan $13.0B · 61,481
- General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 $9.6B · 36,822
- Leidos, Inc. Retirement Plan $8.7B · 26,125
- Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan $8.2B · 31,556
- Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. Employees' Capital Accumulation Plan $6.6B · 32,018
Scale composition for Northrop Grumman Savings Plan
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan reports $32.6B in end-of-year assets across 92,420 participants (0.26% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.098% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $352,384 per participant (2.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$4.6B.
This plan identity (EIN 800640649, plan #011) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $32.6B to $39.5B (+21.2%) while covered participants moved from 92,420 to 104,719 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 92,420 | $32.6B | This page |
| 2023 | 97,987 | $36.2B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 104,719 | $39.5B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Northrop Grumman Savings Plan (401(k), $39.5B, 104,719 participants)
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $18.8B, 12,678 participants)
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla (Defined Benefit (Pension), $8.4B, 6,737 participants)
- Northrop Grumman Retirement Plan B (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.1B, 1,614 participants)
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Google LLC 401(k) Savings Plan in CA ($28.9B); by covered participants it is Randstad North America 401(k) Plan in GA (93,427 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($32.6B here).
- Google LLC 401(k) Savings Plan (CA) $28.9B · 102,963
- Walmart 401(k) Plan (AR) $36.7B · 1,687,830
- JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan (NJ) $36.8B · 168,280
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan (TX) $37.6B · 144,503
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (92,420 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Randstad North America 401(k) Plan (GA) 93,427 · 1,007 off
- Upmc 401(a) Retirement Savings Plan (PA) 93,506 · 1,086 off
- Culinary and Bartenders 401(k) Plan (NV) 91,275 · 1,145 off
- Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan (TX) 89,691 · 2,729 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.