Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Tribune Media Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $57M
- Total assets
- N/A
- Participants
- 89th
- Percentile by assets
Official DOL plan name: The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Tribune Media Company · Illinois · Management of Enterprises
$57M in assets, N/A participants
Tribune Media Company's The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan reported $57M in total assets and N/A participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.
- 89th percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- #862 in Management of Enterprises (1,193 peers)
Where The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan sits by assets
The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $57M for N/A participants, down 27.9% in 2022.
- $57M
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- N/A
- covered participants
- 89th
- percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- -27.9%
- assets change YoY
The plan reported a net loss of $22M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Where The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan sits by total assets
The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$56,588,851 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan vs the 2022 asset distribution
By assets, The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan outranks 89% of the 139,126 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 0.6x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2022)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $79M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $57M |
| Net Income | -$22M |
| Employer EIN | 361880355 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1957-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Tribune Media Company)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 1,821 | $1.9B |
| 2023 | 3 | 453 | $1.2B |
| 2024 | 3 | 430 | $1.1B |
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The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
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- John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees $7.3B · N/A
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $6.8B · 16,809
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- By total assets, The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan ranks in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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- Tribune Media Company's sponsor-wide assets have declined 39.5% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Management of Enterprises plans