Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Northrop Grumman Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $8.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 7,799
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.0M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla · Sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing
$8.1B in assets, 7,799 participants
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla reported $8.1B in total assets and 7,799 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.
- #20,539 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla covers 7,799 participants in Virginia, 10.0x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $8.1B.
- #20,539
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -20.7%
- assets change YoY
- 81×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $2.1B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla's outsized position by total assets
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$8,061,267,673 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
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla'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. Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla lands in the large band (7,799 participants).
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 800640649 · Northrop Grumman Corporation PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla · $8.1B · 7,799 · 100th
- SCH $8.1B
- EBSA 7,799
- PART 100th
- TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
- NET near United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund
- BOOK ind #20539
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 →
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla in the asset neighbourhood
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $10.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $8.1B |
| Net Income | -$2.1B |
| Employer EIN | 800640649 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1953-12-01 |
| 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan $18.3B · 14,867
- Retirement Security Plan $9.4B · 54,531
- Dominion Energy Pension Plan $7.3B · 12,832
- Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund $7.2B · 61,068
- United Association National Pension Fund $6.7B · 81,342
Scale composition for Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla reports $8.1B in end-of-year assets across 7,799 participants (0.065% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $1.0M per participant (7.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$2.1B.
This plan identity (EIN 800640649, plan #007) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $8.1B to $8.4B (+4.2%) while covered participants moved from 7,799 to 6,737 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,799 | $8.1B | This page |
| 2023 | 7,117 | $8.5B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 6,737 | $8.4B | 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)
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund in IL ($8.0B); by covered participants it is The Albany Medical Center Retirement Plan in NY (7,778 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($8.1B here).
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund (IL) $8.0B · 20,170
- Metlife Retirement Plan (NJ) $7.9B · 11,969
- Deseret Mutual Master Retirement Plan (UT) $7.8B · 12,102
- Chevron Retirement Plan (CA) $8.4B · 19,629
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,799 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Albany Medical Center Retirement Plan (NY) 7,778 · 21 off
- Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan (CA) 7,743 · 56 off
- Consolidated Pension Plan of Hackensack Meridian Health (NJ) 7,867 · 68 off
- Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation Retirement Plan (MD) 7,725 · 74 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.