Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

National Fuel Gas Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$862M
Total assets
930
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$926,644
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan · Sponsored by National Fuel Gas Company · New York · Management of Enterprises

$862M in assets, 930 participants

National Fuel Gas Company's National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan reported $862M in total assets and 930 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 127,072 plans)
  • #1,068 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, $862M for 930 participants (~$926,644/participant), up 12.8% in 2023.

$862M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
930
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
$926,644
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

$861,778,662 Top 2% higher than 98% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,010,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

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 net income rose from $33M in the plan year 2022 filing to $93M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 441 in the plan year 2022 filing to 930 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 $862M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

State
New York
Industry
Management of Enterprises

National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan vs the 2023 asset distribution

By assets, National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan outranks 98% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 8.6x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$764M
Net Assets (End of Year)$854M
Net Income$93M
Employer EIN131086010
Plan Effective Date1937-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (National Fuel Gas Company)

$0B$5B$10B$15B 202220232024 $2.49B $1.44B ▼ -42.2%
Total plan assets by year, all National Fuel Gas Company plans on file
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 Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants National Fuel Gas Co…, Total assets ($B): 0.861778662 · Participants: 930National Fuel Gas Co…IBM Personal Pension…, Total assets ($B): 24.955758896 · Participants: 14881IBM Personal Pension…Consolidated Edison …, Total assets ($B): 16.184377155 · Participants: 10779Consolidated Edison …1199seiu Health Care…, Total assets ($B): 16.16620463 · Participants: 1075821199seiu Health Care…Pfizer Consolidated …, Total assets ($B): 10.955262618 · Participants: 9616Pfizer Consolidated …Pepsico Employees Re…, Total assets ($B): 7.599669 · Participants: 12289Pepsico Employees Re…
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Frequently Asked Questions

How did National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.8% during 2023, from $764M to $862M. Reported net income was $93M.
How have National Fuel Gas Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), National Fuel Gas Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 42.1%, from $2.5B to $1.4B.
Where does National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Plan of Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insura in TN ($861M, 817 participants).

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 131086010.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.