Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
National Fuel Gas Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $957M
- Total assets
- 761
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $1.3M
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan · Sponsored by National Fuel Gas Company · New York · Management of Enterprises
$957M in assets, 761 participants
National Fuel Gas Company's National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan reported $957M in total assets and 761 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)
- #1,074 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, $957M for 761 participants (~$1.3M/participant), down 1.7% in 2023.
- $957M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 761
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $1.3M
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $17M 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 net income fell from $33M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$17M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 441 in the plan year 2022 filing to 761 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 $957M 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 9.6x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $974M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $948M |
| Net Income | -$17M |
| 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
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- 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.
- Vf Corporation Pension Plan (NC) $952M · 140
- Ball Pension Plan (CO) $951M · 1,506
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Pension Plan for Employees in Participating Bargaining Units (MD) $951M · 986
- Western Connecticut Health Network Pension Plan (CT) $964M · 1,570
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- By total assets, National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
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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