Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
General Atomics Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $792M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 12,489
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $63,400
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Pension Plan of General Atomics · Sponsored by General Atomics · California · Professional & Technical Services
$792M in assets, 12,489 participants
General Atomics's Pension Plan of General Atomics reported $792M in total assets and 12,489 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.
- #21,367 in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)
Coverage in California
Pension Plan of General Atomics covers 12,489 participants in California, 20x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $792M.
- #21,367
- in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)
- -20.5%
- assets change YoY
- 7.9×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $202M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Pension Plan of General Atomics's outsized position by total assets
Pension Plan of General Atomics vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$791,796,730 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
Pension Plan of General Atomics'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. Pension Plan of General Atomics is a mega filing (12,489 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 953735102 · General Atomics PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Pension Plan of General Atomics · $792M · 12,489 · 99th
- EOY $792M
- EOY 12,489
- EOY 99th
- EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EOY near Rwjbarnabas Health Retirement Income Plan
- EOY ind #21367
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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →
Pension Plan of General Atomics in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $995M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $782M |
| Net Income | -$202M |
| Employer EIN | 953735102 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1967-11-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (General Atomics)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All General Atomics plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.8B 36.68831498821244% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 24,919 | $2.8B |
| 2023 | 2 | 24,141 | $3.3B |
| 2024 | 2 | 24,200 | $3.8B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $31.9B · 126,331
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $17.1B · 25,709
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $10.4B · 19,326
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $9.2B · 11,405
- Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan $8.8B · 59,141
Scale composition for Pension Plan of General Atomics
Pension Plan of General Atomics reports $792M in end-of-year assets across 12,489 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $63,400 per participant (46% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$202M.
This plan identity (EIN 953735102, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $792M to $1.0B (+31.0%) while covered participants moved from 12,489 to 11,958 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12,489 | $792M | This page |
| 2023 | 12,085 | $945M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 11,958 | $1.0B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $2.8B, 12,242 participants)
- Pension Plan of General Atomics (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.0B, 11,958 participants)
Pension Plan of General Atomics's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Rwjbarnabas Health Retirement Income Plan in NJ ($792M); by covered participants it is Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Plan in MA (12,521 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($792M here).
- Rwjbarnabas Health Retirement Income Plan (NJ) $792M · 6,874
- Baystate Health, Inc. Retirement Program (MA) $795M · 2,187
- Nv Energy Retirement Plan (NV) $789M · 1,520
- Talen Energy Retirement Plan (TX) $796M · 880
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,489 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Massachusetts Service Employees Pension Plan (MA) 12,521 · 32 off
- Honeywell Retirement Earnings Plan (NC) 12,452 · 37 off
- Berkshire Hathaway Consolidated Pension Plan (NE) 12,424 · 65 off
- Midwest Operating Engineers Pension Trust Fund (IL) 12,568 · 79 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.