401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Tegna Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$815M
Total assets Above avg plan size
6,315
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$129,074
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Tegna Inc. · Virginia · Information & Media

$815M in assets, 6,315 participants

Tegna Inc.'s Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan reported $815M in total assets and 6,315 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #2,832 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)

Coverage in Virginia

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan covers 6,315 participants in Virginia, 8.1x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $815M.

#2,832
in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
-16.9%
assets change YoY
8.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $166M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$815,099,513 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan lands in the large band (6,315 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 160442930 · Tegna Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan · $815M · 6,315 · 99th

  • TYPE $815M
  • TYPE 6,315
  • TYPE 99th
  • TYPE 401(k)
  • TYPE near Adient US LLC Savings and Investment (401(k)) Plan
  • TYPE ind #2832

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Virginia →

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Mac Arthur Co. 2015 Amended and Restated 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership PlanMac Arthur Co. 2015 Amended …$819MH & R Block Retirement Savings PlanH & R Block Retirement Savin…$816MTegna 401(k) Savings Plan$815MAdient US LLC Savings and Investment (401(k)) PlanAdient US LLC Savings and In…$815MNorton Rose Fulbright US L.L.P. 401(k) and Profit Sharing PlanNorton Rose Fulbright US L.L…$814M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Virginia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$981M
Net Assets (End of Year)$815M
Net Income-$166M
Employer EIN160442930
Plan Effective Date1989-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Tegna Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Tegna Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.3B 11.100451620327311% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.15B$1.2B$1.25B$1.3B$1.35B 202220232024 $1.2B $1.33B ▲ +10.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,104 $1.2B
2023 2 7,094 $1.3B
2024 2 6,786 $1.3B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.815099513 · Participants: 6315Tegna 401(k) Savings PlanNorthrop Grumman Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 32.567331218 · Participants: 92420Northrop Grumman Savings Plan401(k) Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.972737361 · Participants: 61481401(k) Pension PlanGeneral Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0, Total assets ($B): 9.624791923 · Participants: 36822General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0Leidos, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.665678993 · Participants: 26125Leidos, Inc. Retirement PlanBae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.232987243 · Participants: 31556Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan
Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan reports $815M in end-of-year assets across 6,315 participants (0.007% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $129,074 per participant (93% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$166M.

This plan identity (EIN 160442930, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $815M to $995M (+22.1%) while covered participants moved from 6,315 to 6,116 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,315 $815M This page
2023 6,365 $897M Open filing
2024 · index core 6,116 $995M Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Adient US LLC Savings and Investment (401(k)) Plan in MI ($815M); by covered participants it is Apache Industrial Services 401(k) Retirement Plan in TX (6,315 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,315 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan declined sharply - down 16.9% during 2022, from $981M to $815M. Reported net income was -$166M.
How have Tegna Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Tegna Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 11.1%, from $1.2B to $1.3B.
Where does Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Adient US LLC Savings and Investment (401(k)) Plan in MI ($815M, 6,421 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Apache Industrial Services 401(k) Retirement Plan in TX (6,315 participants, $18M in assets).