Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
National Fuel Gas Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $1.1B
- Total assets
- 489
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $2.2M
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan · Sponsored by National Fuel Gas Company · New York · Management of Enterprises
$1.1B in assets, 489 participants
National Fuel Gas Company's National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan reported $1.1B in total assets and 489 participants in its 2023 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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #1,082 in Management of Enterprises (1,137 peers)
Where National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan sits by assets
National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan sits among the largest 1% of all filed plans, $1.1B for 489 participants (~$2.2M/participant), up 1.8% in 2023.
- $1.1B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 489
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $2.2M
- avg assets per participant
Where National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan sits by total assets
National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$1,060,059,779 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 441 in the plan year 2022 filing to 489 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $33M in the plan year 2022 filing to $31M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan vs the 2023 asset distribution
By assets, National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan outranks 99% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 11x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.1B |
| Net Income | $31M |
| Employer EIN | 131086010 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1937-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (National Fuel Gas Company)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 2,932 | $2.5B |
| 2023 | 14 | 10,633 | $10.4B |
| 2024 | 4 | 2,423 | $1.4B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
- IBM Personal Pension Plan $25.0B · 14,881
- Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan $16.2B · 10,779
- 1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund $16.2B · 107,582
- Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan $11.0B · 9,616
- Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I $7.6B · 12,289
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Centerpoint Energy Retirement Plan (TX) $1.1B · 5,287
- Wisconsin Laborers' Pension Fund (WI) $1.1B · 3,908
- Willis-Knighton Medical Center Employees Retirement Plan (LA) $1.1B · 5,919
- Salaried Employee Pension Plan for Kapl Employees and Retirees (PA) $1.1B · 909
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- National Fuel Gas Company's sponsor-wide assets have declined 42.1% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Management of Enterprises plans