Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
General Atomics Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $792M
- Total assets
- 12,489
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $63,400
- Avg per participant
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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- #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.
- $792M
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 12,489
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- $63,400
- avg assets per participant
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.
Participants vs California filers
In California, the average filing covers about 630 participants across 15,291 plans. Pension Plan of General Atomics reports 12,489 participants - 20x that state average ($792M EOY assets).
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)
| 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.
Pension Plan of General Atomics vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
- 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)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Pension Plan of General Atomics by total assets, not by location.
- 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
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Pension Plan of General Atomics's numbers.
- By total assets, Pension Plan of General Atomics ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California. Compare plans
- General Atomics's sponsor-wide assets have grown 36.7% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Professional & Technical Services plans