Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Multiple Employers Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 4,995
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $399,163
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan · Sponsored by Multiple Employers · Maryland · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
$2.0B in assets, 4,995 participants
Multiple Employers's The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan reported $2.0B in total assets and 4,995 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.
- #3,073 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (3,077 peers)
Coverage in Maryland
The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan covers 4,995 participants in Maryland, 5.4x the typical Maryland plan (state average ~929 per filing). Assets: $2.0B.
- #3,073
- in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (3,077 peers)
- -10.1%
- assets change YoY
- 20×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $225M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,993,818,381 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
The National Football League Club Employees Pension 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. The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan lands in the large band (4,995 participants).
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 521061906 · Multiple Employers PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan · $2.0B · 4,995 · 99th
- NET $2.0B
- NET 4,995
- NET 99th
- NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
- NET near Yale University Retirement Plan for Staff Employees
- NET ind #3073
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 Maryland →
The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Maryland filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.0B |
| Net Income | -$225M |
| Employer EIN | 521061906 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1976-05-21 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Multiple Employers)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Multiple Employers plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.2B 10.206586163476643% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 4,995 | $2.0B |
| 2023 | 1 | 5,068 | $2.1B |
| 2024 | 1 | 4,720 | $2.2B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Maryland
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program $18.8B · 21,647
- National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund $4.3B · 14,916
- Major League Baseball Players Pension Plan $4.2B · 1,041
- International Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Plan $3.9B · 50,952
- Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Nfl Player Retirement Plan $3.7B · 2,587
The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Maryland, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Yale University Retirement Plan for Staff Employees in CT ($2.0B); by covered participants it is The Kroger Consolidated Retirement Benefit Plan Spin Off in OH (4,998 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.0B here).
- Yale University Retirement Plan for Staff Employees (CT) $2.0B · 7,460
- Conagra Brands, Inc. Pension Plan (IL) $2.0B · 1,906
- Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Novartis Corporation (NJ) $2.0B · 2,325
- Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan (CA) $2.0B · 7,743
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,995 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Kroger Consolidated Retirement Benefit Plan Spin Off (OH) 4,998 · 3 off
- Central Laborers' Pension Fund (IL) 5,000 · 5 off
- Retirement System of the American National Red Cross (DC) 5,007 · 12 off
- Johnson Controls Pension Plan (WI) 5,023 · 28 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.