401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Spirit Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$948M
Total assets Above avg plan size
3,206
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$295,739
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Spirit Airlines, Inc. · Florida · Transportation & Warehousing

$948M in assets, 3,206 participants

Spirit Airlines, Inc.'s Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan reported $948M in total assets and 3,206 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.

  • #3,285 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Florida

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan covers 3,206 participants in Florida, 5.1x the typical Florida plan (state average ~628 per filing). Assets: $948M.

#3,285
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+37.2%
assets growth YoY
9.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$948,138,876 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 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

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings 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. Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan lands in the large band (3,206 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$63M in the plan year 2022 filing to $257M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $691M in the plan year 2022 filing to $948M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 2,790 in the plan year 2022 filing to 3,206 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 381747023 · Spirit Airlines, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan · $948M · 3,206 · 99th

  • PCT $948M
  • EIN 3,206
  • RANK 99th
  • PHOTO 401(k)
  • IND near Savings and Investment 401(k) Plan of White & Case LLP
  • EOY ind #3285

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 Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Florida →

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan$951MVertiv Group Corporation Employee Retirement Savings PlanVertiv Group Corporation Emp…$950MSave Mart Companies Retirement Savings PlanSave Mart Companies Retireme…$950MSpirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings PlanSpirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots…$948MSavings and Investment 401(k) Plan of White & Case LLPSavings and Investment 401(k…$948M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Florida filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$691M
Net Assets (End of Year)$948M
Net Income$257M
Employer EIN381747023
Plan Effective Date1994-02-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Spirit Airlines, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Spirit Airlines, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.5B 69.02152124460093% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.8B$1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B 202220232024 $0.87B $1.48B ▲ +70.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 9,923 $874M
2023 2 11,777 $1.2B
2024 2 13,477 $1.5B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Florida

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Florida, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000400000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.948138876 · Participants: 3206Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings PlanL3harris Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.384363901 · Participants: 40665L3harris Retirement Savings PlanSavings Plan for Employees and Partners of Pwc, Total assets ($B): 11.333196569 · Participants: 50817Savings Plan for Employees and Partners of PwcAdp Totalsource Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.025816173 · Participants: 308867Adp Totalsource Retirement Savings PlanTrinet 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.029692551 · Participants: 157945Trinet 401(k) PlanPublix Super Markets, Inc. 401(k) Smart Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.572590596 · Participants: 184674Publix Super Markets, Inc. 401(k) Smart Plan
Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Florida, assets vs. participants
Compare Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Florida, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Savings and Investment 401(k) Plan of White & Case LLP in NY ($948M); by covered participants it is Healthequity 401(k) Plan in UT (3,209 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($948M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3,206 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan surged - up 37.2% during 2023, from $691M to $948M. Reported net income was $257M.
How have Spirit Airlines, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Spirit Airlines, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 69.0%, from $874M to $1.5B.
Where does Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Savings and Investment 401(k) Plan of White & Case LLP in NY ($948M, 2,231 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Healthequity 401(k) Plan in UT (3,209 participants, $243M in assets).

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 381747023.

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.