Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
The New York Times Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 1,304
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $820,541
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The New York Times Companies Pension Plan · Sponsored by The New York Times Company · New York · Information & Media
$1.1B in assets, 1,304 participants
The New York Times Company's The New York Times Companies Pension Plan reported $1.1B in total assets and 1,304 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.
- #2,847 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
Where The New York Times Companies Pension Plan sits by assets
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan sits among the largest 1% of all filed plans, $1.1B for 1,304 participants (~$820,541/participant), down 26.7% in 2022.
- #2,847
- in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
- -26.7%
- assets change YoY
- 11×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $390M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,069,985,617 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The New York Times Companies Pension Plan lands in the large band (1,304 participants).
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 131102020 · The New York Times Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan · $1.1B · 1,304 · 99th
- EBSA $1.1B
- PART 1,304
- TYPE 99th
- NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
- BOOK near Western & Southern Financial Group Pension Plan
- VS-ST ind #2847
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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in New York →
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2022)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.1B |
| Net Income | -$390M |
| Employer EIN | 131102020 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1968-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The New York Times Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The New York Times Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.0B 17.637223314296122% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 6,293 | $2.6B |
| 2023 | 4 | 6,462 | $2.8B |
| 2024 | 4 | 6,964 | $3.0B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- IBM Personal Pension Plan $25.5B · 16,431
- Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan $15.8B · 11,303
- Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I $7.7B · 11,386
- New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan $5.0B · 18,592
- New York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl $4.8B · 11,318
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Western & Southern Financial Group Pension Plan in OH ($1.1B); by covered participants it is Revised Retirement Plan of the Indianapolis Chapter of Bricklayers Local No. 4 of in/Ky, I U of B & a C in IN (1,304 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.1B here).
- Western & Southern Financial Group Pension Plan (OH) $1.1B · 2,799
- Heating, Piping and Refrigeration Pension Fd Pension Fund (MD) $1.1B · 3,982
- Pension Plan for Eligible Bettis Employees and Retirees (PA) $1.1B · 1,695
- Cfg Pension Plan (RI) $1.1B · 3,600
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,304 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Revised Retirement Plan of the Indianapolis Chapter of Bricklayers Local No. 4 of in/Ky, I U of B & a C (IN) 1,304 · 0 off
- Bremer Retirement Plan (MN) 1,300 · 4 off
- Schlage Lock Company LLC Pension Plan (IN) 1,308 · 4 off
- Defined Benefit Pension Plan of the Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 400 and Mechanical Contractors Association of North Central Wisconsin (WI) 1,308 · 4 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.