Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Tribune Media Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $57M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- N/A
- Participants Small participant base
- 89th
- Percentile by assets National rank
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.
- #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.
- #862
- in Management of Enterprises (1,193 peers)
- -27.9%
- assets change YoY
- 0.6×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
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.
The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position 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
Filed plans by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 361880355 · Tribune Media Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan · $57M · N/A · 89th
- RANK $57M
- RANK N/A
- RANK 89th
- RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
- RANK near The Retirement Plan for Employees of Thomaston Savings Bank
- RANK ind #862
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 Management of Enterprises retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →
The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
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)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Tribune Media Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.1B 39.536628500010025% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 1,821 | $1.9B |
| 2023 | 3 | 453 | $1.2B |
| 2024 | 3 | 430 | $1.1B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan $42.6B · 50,096
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees $32.1B · 49,052
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund $8.0B · 20,170
- John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees $7.3B · N/A
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $6.8B · 16,809
The Baltimore Sun Company Employees' Retirement Plan's closest out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by end-of-year assets is The Retirement Plan for Employees of Thomaston Savings Bank in CT at $57M (this filing: $57M).
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($57M here).
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.