401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $9.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 14,139
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $645,594
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots · Sponsored by American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing
$9.1B in assets, 14,139 participants
American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots reported $9.1B in total assets and 14,139 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.
- #3,865 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
Coverage in Texas
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots covers 14,139 participants in Texas, 21x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $9.1B.
- #3,865
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
- -17.8%
- assets change YoY
- 92×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $2.0B 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 for Pilots's outsized position by total assets
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$9,128,052,355 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
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots'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 for Pilots is a mega filing (14,139 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 for Pilots · $9.1B · 14,139 · 100th
- 5500 $9.1B
- 5500 14,139
- 5500 100th
- 5500 401(k)
- 5500 near Savings Plan for Employees and Partners of Pricewatercoopers LLP
- 5500 ind #3865
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 for Pilots in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $11.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $9.1B |
| Net Income | -$2.0B |
| Employer EIN | 131502798 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2015-10-27 |
| 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 401(k) Plans in Texas
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan $37.6B · 144,503
- Exxonmobil Savings Plan $21.3B · 23,619
- Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan $13.8B · 38,538
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan $12.8B · 85,577
- Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan $12.0B · 47,532
Scale composition for American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots reports $9.1B in end-of-year assets across 14,139 participants (0.074% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $645,594 per participant (4.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$2.0B.
This plan identity (EIN 131502798, plan #022) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $9.1B to $11.7B (+27.7%) while covered participants moved from 14,139 to 15,991 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14,139 | $9.1B | This page |
| 2023 | 14,868 | $10.3B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 15,991 | $11.7B | 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)
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Savings Plan for Employees and Partners of Pricewatercoopers LLP in FL ($9.1B); by covered participants it is Security Police Fire Professionals of America Retirement Plan in MI (14,130 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($9.1B here).
- Savings Plan for Employees and Partners of Pricewatercoopers LLP (FL) $9.1B · 50,354
- Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan (MO) $9.2B · 18,917
- Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan (NC) $9.0B · 51,871
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Savings and Investment Program (NY) $9.0B · 20,296
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (14,139 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Security Police Fire Professionals of America Retirement Plan (MI) 14,130 · 9 off
- The Geo Save 401(k) Plan (FL) 14,126 · 13 off
- Freedom Care 401(k) Plan (NY) 14,154 · 15 off
- P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc. 401(k) Plan (AZ) 14,093 · 46 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.