Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
National Fuel Gas Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $764M
- Total assets
- 1,029
- Participants
- 98th
- Percentile by assets
- $742,209
- Avg per participant
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.
- 98th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
- #1,055 in Management of Enterprises (1,135 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.
- $764M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 1,029
- covered participants
- 98th
- percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
- $742,209
- avg assets per participant
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.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 313 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,029 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$308M 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 $924M in the plan year 2022 filing to $764M 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 98% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 7.6x the national average plan size of $100M (730 average participants).
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)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 2,932 | $2.5B |
| 2023 | 14 | 10,633 | $10.4B |
| 2024 | 3 | 2,386 | $1.4B |
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Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
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- By total assets, National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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- National Fuel Gas Company's sponsor-wide assets have declined 42.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Management of Enterprises plans