401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $11.5B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 12,193
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $943,081
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots · Sponsored by Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Georgia · Transportation & Warehousing
$11.5B in assets, 12,193 participants
Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots reported $11.5B in total assets and 12,193 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.
- #3,867 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
Coverage in Georgia
Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots covers 12,193 participants in Georgia, 11x the typical Georgia plan (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $11.5B.
- #3,867
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
- -18.8%
- assets change YoY
- 115×
- 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.
Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots's outsized position by total assets
Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$11,498,981,924 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
Delta 401(k) Retirement 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. Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots is a mega filing (12,193 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 580218548 · Delta Air Lines, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots · $11.5B · 12,193 · 100th
- RANK $11.5B
- RANK 12,193
- RANK 100th
- RANK 401(k)
- RANK near Merck US Savings Plan
- RANK ind #3867
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 Georgia →
Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots in the asset neighbourhood
Georgia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $14.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $11.5B |
| Net Income | -$2.7B |
| Employer EIN | 580218548 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2008-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Delta Air Lines, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Delta Air Lines, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $51.4B 27.83790401128044% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 112,289 | $40.2B |
| 2023 | 12 | 136,516 | $46.0B |
| 2024 | 12 | 145,368 | $51.4B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Georgia
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- The Teamster-UPS National 401(k) Tax Deferred Savings Plan $14.7B · 549,610
- Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan $13.2B · 72,820
- UPS 401 (K) Savings Plan $11.3B · 107,310
- The Home Depot Futurebuilder $10.7B · 423,174
- The Southern Company Employee Savings Plan $7.8B · 27,061
Scale composition for Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots
Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots reports $11.5B in end-of-year assets across 12,193 participants (0.093% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $943,081 per participant (6.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$2.7B.
This plan identity (EIN 580218548, plan #014) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $11.5B to $15.9B (+38.5%) while covered participants moved from 12,193 to 14,473 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12,193 | $11.5B | This page |
| 2023 | 13,283 | $13.7B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 14,473 | $15.9B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan (401(k), $19.0B, 89,836 participants)
- Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots (401(k), $15.9B, 14,473 participants)
- Delta Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $7.3B, 15,222 participants)
- Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Pilot Employees (Defined Benefit (Pension), $4.5B, 1,352 participants)
Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Georgia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Merck US Savings Plan in NJ ($11.5B); by covered participants it is The Principal Select Savings Plan in IA (12,201 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($11.5B here).
- Merck US Savings Plan (NJ) $11.5B · 25,956
- Cigna 401(k) Plan (PA) $11.5B · 66,147
- Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan (IL) $11.7B · 238,072
- Target Corporation 401(k) Plan (MN) $11.2B · 400,422
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,193 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Principal Select Savings Plan (IA) 12,201 · 8 off
- Quad/Graphics Diversified Plan (WI) 12,210 · 17 off
- Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan (IL) 12,263 · 70 off
- Baker Hughes Company 401(k) Plan (TX) 12,264 · 71 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.