Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

National Football League Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$119M
Total assets Near avg plan size
55
Participants Small participant base
94th
Percentile by assets National rank
$2.2M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan · Sponsored by National Football League · New York · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$119M in assets, 55 participants

National Football League's Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan reported $119M in total assets and 55 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • #2,993 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (3,077 peers)

Where Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan sits by assets

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $119M for 55 participants (~$2.2M/participant), down 15.6% in 2022.

#2,993
in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (3,077 peers)
-15.6%
assets change YoY
1.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $21M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$119,163,465 Top 6% higher than 94% 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

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan is a small filing (55 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 131922622 · National Football League PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan · $119M · 55 · 94th

  • PART $119M
  • TYPE 55
  • NET 94th
  • BOOK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near New Orleans Employers-International Longshoremen's Association,AFL-CIO,Pension Plan
  • BOY ind #2993

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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$141M
Net Assets (End of Year)$118M
Net Income-$21M
Employer EIN131922622
Plan Effective Date1974-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (National Football League)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All National Football League plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.0B 19.664278924344224% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.8B$0.85B$0.9B$0.95B$1B$1.05B 202220232024 $0.84B $1B ▲ +19.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 3,445 $840M
2023 4 3,728 $970M
2024 4 3,926 $1.0B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500005000100001500020000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.119163465 · Participants: 55Nfl Game Officials' Pension PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 25.511753238 · Participants: 16431IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.815266303 · Participants: 11303Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.656963 · Participants: 11386Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan INew York State Nurses Association Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.019503014 · Participants: 18592New York State Nurses Association Pension PlanNew York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl, Total assets ($B): 4.837058087 · Participants: 11318New York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl
Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is New Orleans Employers-International Longshoremen's Association,AFL-CIO,Pension Plan in LA ($119M); by covered participants it is Mineral Wells Hourly Employees Pension Plan in TX (55 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (55 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 Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan declined sharply - down 15.6% during 2022, from $141M to $119M. Reported net income was -$21M.
How have National Football League plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), National Football League's sponsor-wide assets grew 19.7%, from $840M to $1.0B.
Where does Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan ranks in the 94th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is New Orleans Employers-International Longshoremen's Association,AFL-CIO,Pension Plan in LA ($119M, 654 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Mineral Wells Hourly Employees Pension Plan in TX (55 participants, $9M 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 131922622.

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.