Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
General Dynamics Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.9B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 2,810
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $687,983
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Commercial) · Sponsored by General Dynamics Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing
$1.9B in assets, 2,810 participants
General Dynamics Corporation's General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Commercial) reported $1.9B in total assets and 2,810 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.
- #18,468 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Commercial) covers 2,810 participants in Virginia, 3.6x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $1.9B.
- #18,468
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +1.4%
- assets growth YoY
- 19×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Commercial)'s outsized position by total assets
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Commercial) vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$1,933,232,307 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Commercial)'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. General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Commercial) lands in the large band (2,810 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Commercial) reported net income rose from -$460M in the plan year 2022 filing to $27M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Commercial) reported participants fell from 3,036 in the plan year 2022 filing to 2,810 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Commercial) end-of-year assets rose from $1.9B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.9B in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 131673581 · General Dynamics Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Commercial) · $1.9B · 2,810 · 99th
- EIN $1.9B
- EIN 2,810
- EIN 99th
- EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EIN near Conagra Brands, Inc. Pension Plan
- EIN ind #18468
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 Retirement Plan (Commercial) in the asset neighbourhood
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.9B |
| Net Income | $27M |
| Employer EIN | 131673581 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1956-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING 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
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 107,750 | $29.9B |
| 2023 | 14 | 115,717 | $32.7B |
| 2024 | 11 | 111,719 | $33.4B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan $19.1B · 13,674
- Retirement Security Plan $10.2B · 54,171
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla $8.5B · 7,117
- Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund $8.3B · 61,272
- Dominion Energy Pension Plan $7.6B · 12,263
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Commercial)'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Conagra Brands, Inc. Pension Plan in IL ($1.9B); by covered participants it is Johns Hopkins University Support Staff Pension Plan in MD (2,815 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.9B here).
- Conagra Brands, Inc. Pension Plan (IL) $1.9B · 1,693
- United Food and Commercial Workers Unions & Employers Midwest Pension Fund (IL) $1.9B · 1,626
- Retirement Benefit Accumulation Plan for Employees of Pwc (FL) $1.9B · 5,514
- Linde U.S. Pension Plan (CT) $2.0B · 6,359
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,810 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Johns Hopkins University Support Staff Pension Plan (MD) 2,815 · 5 off
- Georgia Stevedore Association International Longshoremen's Association Pension Plan (GA) 2,804 · 6 off
- Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan (NJ) 2,819 · 9 off
- Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan (RI) 2,800 · 10 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.