Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 5,477
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $506,483
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers · Sponsored by American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing
$2.8B in assets, 5,477 participants
American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers reported $2.8B in total assets and 5,477 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.
- #3,846 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
Coverage in Texas
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers covers 5,477 participants in Texas, 8.0x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $2.8B.
- #3,846
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
- -20.9%
- assets change YoY
- 28×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $733M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers's outsized position by total assets
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$2,774,008,328 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
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers'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 Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers lands in the large band (5,477 participants).
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 131502798 · American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers · $2.8B · 5,477 · 100th
- VS-ST $2.8B
- BOY 5,477
- SCH 100th
- EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PART near Bjc Pension Plan
- TYPE ind #3846
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 Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.8B |
| Net Income | -$733M |
| Employer EIN | 131502798 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1941-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $40.0B 18.300623540637105% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 135,785 | $33.8B |
| 2023 | 8 | 137,632 | $37.5B |
| 2024 | 8 | 141,543 | $40.0B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- AT&T Pension Benefit Plan $41.0B · 119,463
- Shell Pension Plan $14.6B · 12,912
- Exxonmobil Pension Plan $11.6B · 23,661
- Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan $9.5B · 12,815
- Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan $5.4B · 9,156
Scale composition for The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers reports $2.8B in end-of-year assets across 5,477 participants (0.023% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $506,483 per participant (3.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$733M.
This plan identity (EIN 131502798, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.8B to $2.7B (-4.2%) while covered participants moved from 5,477 to 4,783 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,477 | $2.8B | This page |
| 2023 | 5,096 | $2.9B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 4,783 | $2.7B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan (401(k), $16.2B, 93,397 participants)
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots (401(k), $11.7B, 15,991 participants)
- The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO (Defined Benefit (Pension), $4.3B, 13,402 participants)
- American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.7B, 4,746 participants)
The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Bjc Pension Plan in MO ($2.8B); by covered participants it is University of Pennsylvania Health System Pension Plan in PA (5,489 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.8B here).
- Bjc Pension Plan (MO) $2.8B · 19,132
- Upmc Basic Retirement Plan (PA) $2.8B · 68,708
- Aftra Retirement Plan (NY) $2.7B · 17,771
- Locals 302 & 612 of the Iuoe - Employers Construction Industry Retirement Plan (WA) $2.8B · 8,083
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,477 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- University of Pennsylvania Health System Pension Plan (PA) 5,489 · 12 off
- Pension Plan for Employees at Ornl (TN) 5,460 · 17 off
- Ufcw and Safeway Variable Annuity Pension Fund (MD) 5,441 · 36 off
- Puget Sound Electrical Workers Pension Plan (WA) 5,519 · 42 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.