401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.0B
Total assets Very large vs avg
10,120
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$102,579
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Wabtec Savings Plan · Sponsored by Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

$1.0B in assets, 10,120 participants

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation's Wabtec Savings Plan reported $1.0B in total assets and 10,120 participants in its 2022 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.

  • #20,211 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Wabtec Savings Plan covers 10,120 participants in Pennsylvania, 12x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $1.0B.

#20,211
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-14.3%
assets change YoY
10×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $173M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Wabtec Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Wabtec Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$1,038,103,619 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Wabtec 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. Wabtec Savings Plan is a mega filing (10,120 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 251615902 · Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)

Wabtec Savings Plan · $1.0B · 10,120 · 99th

  • EOY $1.0B
  • 5500 10,120
  • ASSETS 99th
  • PCT 401(k)
  • EIN near Viasat, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
  • RANK ind #20211

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 Pennsylvania →

Wabtec Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Wabtec Savings Plan$1.0BViasat, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanViasat, Inc. 401(k) Profit S…$1.0BUsi 401(k) Plan$1.0BTi 401(k) Savings Plan$1.0BMaxar 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanMaxar 401(k) Profit Sharing …$1.0B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Wabtec Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.0B
Net Income-$173M
Employer EIN251615902
Plan Effective Date1990-03-09
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.6B 52.800929190613886% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B$1.8B 202220232024 $1.07B $1.63B ▲ +52.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 10,324 $1.1B
2023 2 11,325 $1.4B
2024 2 12,296 $1.6B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Wabtec Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000120000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Wabtec Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.038103619 · Participants: 10120Wabtec Savings PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.751564896 · Participants: 97769Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanCigna 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.46087279 · Participants: 66147Cigna 401(k) PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.11713 · Participants: 59451The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.097254785 · Participants: 17073The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.823164827 · Participants: 25071The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
Wabtec Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Wabtec Savings Plan

Wabtec Savings Plan reports $1.0B in end-of-year assets across 10,120 participants (0.008% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $102,579 per participant (74% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$173M.

This plan identity (EIN 251615902, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.0B to $1.6B (+52.4%) while covered participants moved from 10,120 to 12,095 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 10,120 $1.0B This page
2023 11,141 $1.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 12,095 $1.6B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Wabtec Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Viasat, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in CA ($1.0B); by covered participants it is The W. I. S. International 401(k) Savings Plan in TX (10,116 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.0B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,120 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Wabtec Savings Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Wabtec Savings Plan pulled back noticeably - down 14.3% during 2022, from $1.2B to $1.0B. Reported net income was -$173M.
How have Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 52.8%, from $1.1B to $1.6B.
Where does Wabtec Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Wabtec Savings Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Wabtec Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Viasat, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in CA ($1.0B, 5,425 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Wabtec Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The W. I. S. International 401(k) Savings Plan in TX (10,116 participants, $214M in assets).