Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
National Fuel Gas Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $764M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 1,029
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $742,209
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan · Sponsored by National Fuel Gas Company · New York · Management of Enterprises
$764M in assets, 1,029 participants
National Fuel Gas Company's National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan reported $764M in total assets and 1,029 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- #1,057 in Management of Enterprises (1,137 peers)
Where National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan sits by assets
National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $764M for 1,029 participants (~$742,209/participant), down 0.4% in 2023.
- #1,057
- in Management of Enterprises (1,137 peers)
- -0.4%
- assets change YoY
- 7.7×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $3M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan's outsized position 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
$763,733,326 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan lands in the large band (1,029 participants).
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 1,029 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 -$3M 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 $764M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 131086010 · National Fuel Gas Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan · $764M · 1,029 · 98th
- 5500 $764M
- ASSETS 1,029
- PCT 98th
- EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
- RANK near Maine Medical Center Pension Plan
- PHOTO ind #1057
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 Management of Enterprises retirement plans → · Plans in New York →
National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $766M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $761M |
| Net Income | -$3M |
| Employer EIN | 131086010 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1937-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (National Fuel Gas Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All National Fuel Gas Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.4B 42.119686687017705% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| 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.
- 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
National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Maine Medical Center Pension Plan in ME ($764M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan for Bargaining Employees of Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel in IL (1,029 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($764M here).
- Maine Medical Center Pension Plan (ME) $764M · 2,679
- IBEW 332 Pension Plan - Part a (CA) $764M · 2,182
- Stanley Black & Decker Pension Plan (MD) $764M · 821
- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Salaried Pension Plan (OH) $765M · 1,694
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,029 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Pension Plan for Bargaining Employees of Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel (IL) 1,029 · 0 off
- Sundstrand De Puerto Rico Pension Plan (CT) 1,030 · 1 off
- Clark Equipment Company - Melroe Division, Gwinner, Nd Plant Hourly-Rate Employees' Pension Plan (ND) 1,028 · 1 off
- First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company and Adopting Related Employers Pension Plan (NC) 1,030 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.