401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$12.8B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
85,577
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$149,648
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing

$12.8B in assets, 85,577 participants

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $12.8B in total assets and 85,577 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.

  • #3,870 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)

Coverage in Texas

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 85,577 participants in Texas, 124x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $12.8B.

#3,870
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
-17.3%
assets change YoY
128×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $2.7B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$12,806,443,202 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan'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. American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (85,577 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 131502798 · American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement PY 2022 · 401(k)

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $12.8B · 85,577 · 100th

  • IND $12.8B
  • IND 85,577
  • IND 100th
  • IND 401(k)
  • IND near L3harris Retirement Savings Plan
  • IND ind #3870

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 →

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan$13.2B401(k) Pension Plan$13.0BL3harris Retirement Savings PlanL3harris Retirement Savings …$12.9BAmerican Airlines, Inc. 401(k) PlanAmerican Airlines, Inc. 401(…$12.8BErnst & Young Retirement Savings PlanErnst & Young Retirement Sav…$12.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$15.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$12.8B
Net Income-$2.7B
Employer EIN131502798
Plan Effective Date1984-07-01
Filing StatusFILING 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
$32B$34B$36B$38B$40B$42B 202220232024 $33.8B $40B ▲ +18.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 8 135,785 $33.8B
2023 8 137,632 $37.5B
2024 8 141,543 $40.0B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000 010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.806443202 · Participants: 85577American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 37.578871 · Participants: 144503AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.266 · Participants: 23619Exxonmobil Savings PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.794958016 · Participants: 38538Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanDell Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.969059 · Participants: 47532Dell Inc. 401(k) PlanToyota Motor North America, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.124614785 · Participants: 37508Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $12.8B in end-of-year assets across 85,577 participants (0.10% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.091% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $149,648 per participant (1.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$2.7B.

This plan identity (EIN 131502798, plan #013) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $12.8B to $16.2B (+26.4%) while covered participants moved from 85,577 to 93,397 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 85,577 $12.8B This page
2023 88,792 $14.7B Open filing
2024 · index core 93,397 $16.2B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is L3harris Retirement Savings Plan in FL ($12.9B); by covered participants it is Commonspirit Health 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in KY (85,671 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($12.8B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (85,577 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan declined sharply - down 17.3% during 2022, from $15.5B to $12.8B. Reported net income was -$2.7B.
How have American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's sponsor-wide assets grew 18.3%, from $33.8B to $40.0B.
Where does American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is L3harris Retirement Savings Plan in FL ($12.9B, 41,096 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Commonspirit Health 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in KY (85,671 participants, $6.1B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 131502798.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.