Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
General Electric Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $45.0B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 24,626
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.8M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: GE Pension Plan · Sponsored by General Electric Company · Connecticut · Manufacturing
$45.0B in assets, 24,626 participants
General Electric Company's GE Pension Plan reported $45.0B in total assets and 24,626 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.
- #20,600 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Connecticut
GE Pension Plan covers 24,626 participants in Connecticut, 34x the typical Connecticut plan (state average ~718 per filing). Assets: $45.0B.
- #20,600
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -26.2%
- assets change YoY
- 452×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $16.0B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
GE Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
GE Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$45,011,810,846 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
GE Pension 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. GE Pension Plan is a mega filing (24,626 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 140689340 · General Electric Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
GE Pension Plan · $45.0B · 24,626 · 100th
- NET $45.0B
- NET 24,626
- NET 100th
- NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
- NET near Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan
- NET ind #20600
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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Connecticut →
GE Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Connecticut filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $61.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $45.0B |
| Net Income | -$16.0B |
| Employer EIN | 140689340 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1912-04-12 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (General Electric Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All General Electric Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $33.8B 51.625413484145454% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 82,148 | $69.8B |
| 2023 | 1 | 59,766 | $19.5B |
| 2024 | 2 | 55,257 | $33.8B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Connecticut
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Raytheon Company Pension Plan for Salaried Employees $11.6B · 13,495
- The Citigroup Pension Plan $10.5B · 18,484
- Eversource Pension Plan $5.9B · 4,126
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc. $5.4B · 11,471
- Raytheon Retirement Plan $4.7B · 4,467
Scale composition for GE Pension Plan
GE Pension Plan reports $45.0B in end-of-year assets across 24,626 participants (0.37% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.026% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $1.8M per participant (13x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$16.0B.
This plan identity (EIN 140689340, plan #333) has 2 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $45.0B to $19.0B (-57.7%) while covered participants moved from 24,626 to 9,637 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24,626 | $45.0B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 9,637 | $19.0B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- GE Aerospace Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $19.0B, 9,637 participants)
- GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $14.7B, 45,620 participants)
GE Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Connecticut, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan in IL ($42.6B); by covered participants it is The Continental Retirement Plan in TX (24,855 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($45.0B here).
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan (IL) $42.6B · 50,096
- AT&T Pension Benefit Plan (TX) $41.0B · 119,463
- General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan (MI) $40.2B · 18,766
- Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan (WA) $53.7B · 226,505
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (24,626 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Continental Retirement Plan (TX) 24,855 · 229 off
- Adjustable Plan of the National Retirement Fund (NY) 25,052 · 426 off
- Cummins Pension Plan (IN) 24,119 · 507 off
- The Travelers Pension Plan (MN) 25,144 · 518 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.