Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Associated Press Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$465M
Total assets
627
Participants
97th
Percentile by assets
$742,257
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Associated Press · New York · Information & Media

$465M in assets, 627 participants

Associated Press's The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan reported $465M in total assets and 627 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • 97th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
  • #2,684 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Where The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan sits by assets

The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $465M for 627 participants (~$742,257/participant), up 2.0% in 2023.

$465M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
627
covered participants
97th
percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
$742,257
avg assets per participant

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$215M in the plan year 2022 filing to $9M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 741 in the plan year 2022 filing to 627 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $456M in the plan year 2022 filing to $465M in the plan year 2023 filing.

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State
New York
Industry
Information & Media

The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan vs the 2023 asset distribution

By assets, The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan outranks 97% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 4.7x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$456M
Net Assets (End of Year)$465M
Net Income$9M
Employer EIN130452880
Plan Effective Date1958-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Associated Press)

$1.1B$1.15B$1.2B$1.25B$1.3B$1.35B 202220232024 $1.16B $1.31B ▲ +12.9%
Total plan assets by year, all Associated Press plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 2,144 $1.2B
2023 2 1,933 $1.3B
2024 2 1,952 $1.3B

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The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants

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Frequently Asked Questions

How did The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 2.0% during 2023, from $456M to $465M. Reported net income was $9M.
How have Associated Press plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Associated Press's sponsor-wide assets grew 13.0%, from $1.2B to $1.3B.
Where does The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan ranks in the 97th 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Columbia Bank Retirement Plan in NJ ($465M, 297 participants).

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Ways to act on The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, The Associated Press Consolidated Retirement Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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  • Associated Press's sponsor-wide assets have grown 13.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Information & Media plans

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 130452880.

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.