Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Navy Federal Credit Union Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$2.0B
Total assets
16,494
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$123,336
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Navy Federal Credit Union · Virginia · Finance & Insurance

$2.0B in assets, 16,494 participants

Navy Federal Credit Union's Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan reported $2.0B in total assets and 16,494 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 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan holds $2.0B for 16,494 participants - about $123,336 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, up 14.0% over the 2023 plan year.

$2.0B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
16,494
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$123,336
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Finance & Insurance

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan

Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Navy Federal Credit Union, headquartered in Virginia. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $2.0B in total end-of-year assets and covers 16,494 participants across the Finance & Insurance industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 530116705, and the plan has been effective since 1958-02-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $1.8B at the beginning of 2023 to $2.0B at year-end - up 14.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $2.0B, with reported net income of $242M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Navy Federal Credit Union has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $3.8B to $5.3B, a gain of 39.5%, while reported participants moved from 36,876 to 43,030 (+16.7%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $5.3B; the softest was 2022 at $3.8B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $3.8B in assets across 2 plans covering 36,876 participants; 2023 - $4.7B in assets across 2 plans covering 39,410 participants; 2024 - $5.3B in assets across 3 plans covering 43,030 participants.

By assets, Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan outranks 99% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 20x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.8B
Total Assets (End of Year)$2.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.0B
Net Income$242M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN530116705
Plan Effective Date1958-02-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Navy Federal Credit Union)

$3.5B$4B$4.5B$5B$5.5B 202220232024 $3.8B $5.3B ▲ +39.5%
Total plan assets by year, all Navy Federal Credit Union 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 36,876 $3.8B
2023 2 39,410 $4.7B
2024 3 43,030 $5.3B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan holds $2.0B in total assets with 16,494 participants. It is sponsored by Navy Federal Credit Union.
What type of plan is Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan?
Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1958-02-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 530116705.
Who sponsors the Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan?
Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan is sponsored by Navy Federal Credit Union, located in Virginia. The sponsor's EIN is 530116705 and the plan operates in the Finance & Insurance industry.
How did Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan perform in 2023?
Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.0% during 2023, moving from $1.8B to $2.0B in total assets. Net income was $242M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Navy Federal Credit Union Employees' Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia. Compare plans
  • Navy Federal Credit Union's sponsor-wide assets have grown 39.5% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Finance & Insurance plans
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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 530116705.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

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

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.