401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.0B
Total assets Very large vs avg
16,900
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$116,950
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees · Sponsored by General Dynamics Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing

$2.0B in assets, 16,900 participants

General Dynamics Corporation's General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees reported $2.0B in total assets and 16,900 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.

  • #18,475 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Virginia

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees covers 16,900 participants in Virginia, 22x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $2.0B.

#18,475
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+8.2%
assets growth YoY
20×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees's outsized position by total assets

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,976,451,000 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

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees is a mega filing (16,900 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees reported net income rose from -$53M in the plan year 2022 filing to $167M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees end-of-year assets rose from $1.8B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees reported participants fell from 17,018 in the plan year 2022 filing to 16,900 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 131673581 · General Dynamics Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees · $2.0B · 16,900 · 99th

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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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Virginia →

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Virginia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.0B
Net Income$167M
Employer EIN131673581
Plan Effective Date1966-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (General Dynamics Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All General Dynamics Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$33.4B 11.992919867650146% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$28B$30B$32B$34B 202220232024 $29.9B $33.4B ▲ +12.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 16 107,750 $29.9B
2023 14 115,717 $32.7B
2024 11 111,719 $33.4B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia

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

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000120000 010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees, Total assets ($B): 1.976451 · Participants: 16900General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented EmployeesNorthrop 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
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees reports $2.0B in end-of-year assets across 16,900 participants (0.016% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.018% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $116,950 per participant (85% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $167M.

This plan identity (EIN 131673581, plan #013) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.8B to $2.1B (+14.2%) while covered participants moved from 17,018 to 17,637 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 17,018 $1.8B Open filing
2023 16,900 $2.0B This page
2024 · index core 17,637 $2.1B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Air Liquide & Airgas 401(k) Plan in TX ($2.0B); by covered participants it is Georgia-Pacific LLC Hourly 401(k) Plan in GA (16,894 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.0B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (16,900 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 General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees assets move in 2023? ▼
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees grew at a solid clip - up 8.2% during 2023, from $1.8B to $2.0B. Reported net income was $167M.
How have General Dynamics Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), General Dynamics Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 12.0%, from $29.9B to $33.4B.
Where does General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees 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 General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Air Liquide & Airgas 401(k) Plan in TX ($2.0B, 17,298 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Georgia-Pacific LLC Hourly 401(k) Plan in GA (16,894 participants, $1.4B 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 131673581.

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.