401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $6.4B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 25,696
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $248,549
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 4.0 · Sponsored by General Dynamics Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing
$6.4B in assets, 25,696 participants
General Dynamics Corporation's General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 4.0 reported $6.4B in total assets and 25,696 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.
- #20,525 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 4.0 covers 25,696 participants in Virginia, 33x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $6.4B.
- #20,525
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- +47.6%
- assets growth YoY
- 64×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $671M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 4.0's outsized position by total assets
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 4.0 vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$6,386,709,086 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
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 4.0'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. General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 4.0 is a mega filing (25,696 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 131673581 · General Dynamics Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 4.0 · $6.4B · 25,696 · 100th
- BOOK $6.4B
- BOOK 25,696
- BOOK 100th
- BOOK 401(k)
- BOOK near Sap America, Inc. 401(k) Plan
- BOOK ind #20525
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 →
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 4.0 in the asset neighbourhood
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $4.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $6.4B |
| Net Income | -$671M |
| Employer EIN | 131673581 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2016-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (General Dynamics Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All General Dynamics Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $33.4B 11.992919867650146% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 107,750 | $29.9B |
| 2023 | 14 | 115,717 | $32.7B |
| 2024 | 11 | 111,719 | $33.4B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northrop Grumman Savings Plan $32.6B · 92,420
- 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
Scale composition for General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 4.0
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 4.0 reports $6.4B in end-of-year assets across 25,696 participants (0.052% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.027% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $248,549 per participant (1.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$671M.
This plan identity (EIN 131673581, plan #068) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $6.4B to $7.9B (+23.9%) while covered participants moved from 25,696 to 27,525 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25,696 | $6.4B | This page |
| 2023 | 31,038 | $7.3B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 27,525 | $7.9B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 (401(k), $12.4B, 49,414 participants)
- General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan (401(k), $7.9B, 27,525 participants)
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Electric Boat and Mission Systems) (Defined Benefit (Pension), $4.1B, 7,035 participants)
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Government) (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.7B, 2,990 participants)
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 4.0's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Sap America, Inc. 401(k) Plan in PA ($6.4B); by covered participants it is Genuine Parts Company 401(k) Savings Plan in GA (25,655 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($6.4B here).
- Sap America, Inc. 401(k) Plan (PA) $6.4B · 18,910
- Insperity 401(k) Plan (TX) $6.4B · 148,363
- Marathon Petroleum Thrift Plan (OH) $6.4B · 17,666
- Humana Retirement Savings Plan (KY) $6.4B · 44,930
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (25,696 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Genuine Parts Company 401(k) Savings Plan (GA) 25,655 · 41 off
- G & a Partners Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan (TX) 25,751 · 55 off
- Hmh 401(k) Savings Plan (NJ) 25,813 · 117 off
- Isolved Peo, LLC 401(k) Plan (NC) 25,529 · 167 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.