401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Tegna Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$897M
Total assets Above avg plan size
6,365
Participants Above avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$140,976
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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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.

  • #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.

#2,736
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+10.1%
assets growth YoY
9.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$897,314,618 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Tegna 401(k) 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. Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan lands in the large band (6,365 participants).

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.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 160442930 · Tegna Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan · $897M · 6,365 · 98th

  • EOY $897M
  • 5500 6,365
  • ASSETS 98th
  • PCT 401(k)
  • EIN near Biomerieux, Inc. Employee Savings Plan
  • RANK ind #2736

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Virginia →

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Albemarle Corporation Retirement Savings PlanAlbemarle Corporation Retire…$898MBiomerieux, Inc. Employee Savings PlanBiomerieux, Inc. Employee Sa…$898MTegna 401(k) Savings Plan$897MIndeed, Inc. 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan TrustIndeed, Inc. 401(k) Profit-S…$895MHuron Consulting Group Retirement Savings PlanHuron Consulting Group Retir…$895M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

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.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Tegna Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.3B 11.100451620327311% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.15B$1.2B$1.25B$1.3B$1.35B 202220232024 $1.2B $1.33B ▲ +10.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,104 $1.2B
2023 2 7,094 $1.3B
2024 2 6,786 $1.3B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia

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

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.897314618 · Participants: 6365Tegna 401(k) Savings PlanNorthrop Grumman Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 36.173098625 · Participants: 97987Northrop Grumman Savings Plan401(k) Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.97867624 · Participants: 62467401(k) Pension PlanGeneral Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0, Total assets ($B): 11.167449098 · Participants: 48860General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0Leidos, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.583898778 · Participants: 27043Leidos, Inc. Retirement PlanBae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.406287325 · Participants: 31681Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan
Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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:

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Biomerieux, Inc. Employee Savings Plan in NC ($898M); by covered participants it is Computershare 401(k) Retirement Plan in MA (6,368 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($897M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,365 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 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).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Computershare 401(k) Retirement Plan in MA (6,368 participants, $612M 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 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.