Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Houston Pilots Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$319M
Total assets Above avg plan size
134
Participants Small participant base
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$2.4M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust · Sponsored by Houston Pilots · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing

$319M in assets, 134 participants

Houston Pilots's Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust reported $319M in total assets and 134 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #3,724 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust covers 134 participants in Texas, about 19% of the average Texas filer (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $319M.

#3,724
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
-21.2%
assets change YoY
3.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $86M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust's outsized position by total assets

Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$319,057,578 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust sits mid-pack in the medium band (134 participants).

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 760289736 · Houston Pilots PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust · $319M · 134 · 97th

  • PART $319M
  • PART 134
  • PART 97th
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near H.B. Fuller Legacy Pension Plan
  • PART ind #3724

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 Texas →

Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust in the asset neighbourhood

H.B. Fuller Legacy Pension PlanH.B. Fuller Legacy Pension P…$320MHouston Pilots Retirement Plan and TrustHouston Pilots Retirement Pl…$319MOge Energy Corp. Retirement PlanOge Energy Corp. Retirement …$318MHenry Ford Health System Allegiance Combined Pension PlanHenry Ford Health System All…$318MDefined Benefit Pension Plan of Agc-Iuoe Local 701 Pension Trust FundDefined Benefit Pension Plan…$318M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$405M
Net Assets (End of Year)$319M
Net Income-$86M
Employer EIN760289736
Plan Effective Date1989-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Houston Pilots)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Houston Pilots plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$500M 17.241975265406854% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$400M$450M$500M$550M 202220232024 $426M $500M ▲ +17.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 258 $426M
2023 2 255 $475M
2024 2 266 $500M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.319057578 · Participants: 134Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and TrustAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 40.998144 · Participants: 119463AT&T Pension Benefit PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.642588618 · Participants: 12912Shell Pension PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.599 · Participants: 23661Exxonmobil Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.541187279 · Participants: 12815Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income PlanBp Retirement Accumulation Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.371602289 · Participants: 9156Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan
Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is H.B. Fuller Legacy Pension Plan in MN ($320M); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Employees of Diamond V Mills, LLC. in IA (134 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (134 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 Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust assets move in 2022? ▼
Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust declined sharply - down 21.2% during 2022, from $405M to $319M. Reported net income was -$86M.
How have Houston Pilots plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Houston Pilots's sponsor-wide assets grew 17.2%, from $426M to $500M.
Where does Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is H.B. Fuller Legacy Pension Plan in MN ($320M, 296 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Houston Pilots Retirement Plan and Trust? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Plan for Employees of Diamond V Mills, LLC. in IA (134 participants, $24M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 760289736.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.