401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Tegna Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$897M
Total assets
6,365
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$140,976
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Tegna Inc. · Virginia · Information & Media

$897M in assets, 6,365 participants

Tegna Inc.'s Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan reported $897M in total assets and 6,365 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)
  • #2,736 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Coverage in Virginia

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan covers 6,365 participants in Virginia, 8.1x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $897M.

$897M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
6,365
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
$140,976
avg assets per participant

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$166M in the plan year 2022 filing to $82M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $815M in the plan year 2022 filing to $897M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 6,315 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,365 in the plan year 2023 filing.

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State
Virginia
Industry
Information & Media

Participants vs Virginia filers

In Virginia, the average filing covers about 782 participants across 3,655 plans. Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan reports 6,365 participants - 8.1x that state average ($897M EOY assets).

Virginia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$815M
Net Assets (End of Year)$897M
Net Income$82M
Employer EIN160442930
Plan Effective Date1989-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Tegna Inc.)

$1.15B$1.2B$1.25B$1.3B$1.35B 202220232024 $1.2B $1.33B ▲ +10.8%
Total plan assets by year, all Tegna Inc. plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,104 $1.2B
2023 2 7,094 $1.3B
2024 2 6,786 $1.3B

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Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants

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Scale composition for Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan reports $897M in end-of-year assets across 6,365 participants (0.007% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $140,976 per participant (1.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $82M.

This plan identity (EIN 160442930, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $815M to $995M (+22.1%) while covered participants moved from 6,315 to 6,116 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,315 $815M Open filing
2023 6,365 $897M This page
2024 · index core 6,116 $995M Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

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401(k) plans in other states closest to Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan by total assets, not by location.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.1% during 2023, from $815M to $897M. Reported net income was $82M.
How have Tegna Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Tegna Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 11.1%, from $1.2B to $1.3B.
Where does Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Tegna 401(k) Savings 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 401(k) plans are similar in size to Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Biomerieux, Inc. Employee Savings Plan in NC ($898M, 5,532 participants).

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Filing takeaways

Ways to act on Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan's numbers.

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 160442930.

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.