Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
AT&T Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $41.0B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 119,463
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $343,187
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: AT&T Pension Benefit Plan · Sponsored by AT&T Inc. · Texas · Information & Media
$41.0B in assets, 119,463 participants
AT&T Inc.'s AT&T Pension Benefit Plan reported $41.0B in total assets and 119,463 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.
- #2,911 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
Coverage in Texas
AT&T Pension Benefit Plan covers 119,463 participants in Texas, 174x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $41.0B.
- #2,911
- in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
- -25.2%
- assets change YoY
- 411×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $13.8B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
AT&T Pension Benefit Plan's outsized position by total assets
AT&T Pension Benefit Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$40,998,144,000 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
AT&T Pension Benefit Plan'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. AT&T Pension Benefit Plan is a mega filing (119,463 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 431301883 · AT&T Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
AT&T Pension Benefit Plan · $41.0B · 119,463 · 100th
- TYPE $41.0B
- TYPE 119,463
- TYPE 100th
- TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
- TYPE near General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan
- TYPE ind #2911
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 Texas →
AT&T Pension Benefit Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $54.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $41.0B |
| Net Income | -$13.8B |
| Employer EIN | 431301883 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1943-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (AT&T Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All AT&T Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $73.8B 8.550747591630927% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 294,690 | $80.7B |
| 2023 | 5 | 254,657 | $72.2B |
| 2024 | 5 | 235,723 | $73.8B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Shell Pension Plan $14.6B · 12,912
- Exxonmobil Pension Plan $11.6B · 23,661
- Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan $9.5B · 12,815
- Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan $5.4B · 9,156
- Usaa Pension Plan $4.9B · 31,143
Scale composition for AT&T Pension Benefit Plan
AT&T Pension Benefit Plan reports $41.0B in end-of-year assets across 119,463 participants (0.33% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.13% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $343,187 per participant (2.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$13.8B.
This plan identity (EIN 431301883, plan #017) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $41.0B to $28.3B (-31.1%) while covered participants moved from 119,463 to 100,400 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 119,463 | $41.0B | This page |
| 2023 | 107,859 | $30.0B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 100,400 | $28.3B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $43.1B, 109,889 participants)
- AT&T Pension Benefit Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $28.3B, 100,400 participants)
- AT&T Savings and Security Plan (401(k), $2.3B, 25,236 participants)
AT&T Pension Benefit Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan in MI ($40.2B); by covered participants it is Sound Retirement Trust in WA (105,428 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($41.0B here).
- General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan (MI) $40.2B · 18,766
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan (IL) $42.6B · 50,096
- GE Pension Plan (CT) $45.0B · 24,626
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees (IL) $32.1B · 49,052
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (119,463 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Sound Retirement Trust (WA) 105,428 · 14,035 off
- JPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan (NJ) 102,340 · 17,123 off
- Central Pension Fund of the Iuoe & Participating Employers (DC) 97,285 · 22,178 off
- Iam National Pension Fund (DC) 94,512 · 24,951 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.