Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
General Dynamics Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $500M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 1,521
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 97th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $328,771
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Bath Iron Works) · Sponsored by General Dynamics Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing
$500M in assets, 1,521 participants
General Dynamics Corporation's General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Bath Iron Works) reported $500M in total assets and 1,521 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.
- #17,937 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Where General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Bath Iron Works) sits by assets
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Bath Iron Works) sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $500M for 1,521 participants (~$328,771/participant), up 3.1% in 2023.
- #17,937
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +3.1%
- assets growth YoY
- 5.0×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Bath Iron Works)'s outsized position by total assets
General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Bath Iron Works) vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$500,060,084 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 (Bath Iron Works)'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 (Bath Iron Works) lands in the large band (1,521 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Bath Iron Works) reported net income rose from -$165M in the plan year 2022 filing to $19M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Bath Iron Works) reported participants fell from 1,662 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,521 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Bath Iron Works) end-of-year assets rose from $485M in the plan year 2022 filing to $500M 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 (Bath Iron Works) · $500M · 1,521 · 97th
- EIN $500M
- EIN 1,521
- EIN 97th
- EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EIN near Pension Plan for Certain Salaried Ees of Alcoa USA Corp.
- EIN ind #17937
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 (Bath Iron Works) in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $485M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $500M |
| Net Income | $19M |
| Employer EIN | 131673581 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2019-01-01 |
| 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 (Bath Iron Works)'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan for Certain Salaried Ees of Alcoa USA Corp. in PA ($500M); by covered participants it is Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund in MD (1,522 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($500M here).
- Pension Plan for Certain Salaried Ees of Alcoa USA Corp. (PA) $500M · 197
- Local 272 Labor Management Pension Fund (NY) $499M · 7,002
- Bimbo Bakeries USA Consolidated Pension Plan (PA) $501M · 3,238
- Agilent Technologies, Inc. Retirement Plan (CA) $501M · 1,967
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,521 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 486 Pension Fund (MD) 1,522 · 1 off
- Lvmh Affiliates' Retirement Plan (NY) 1,519 · 2 off
- Pension Plan for Eligible Bettis Employees and Retirees (PA) 1,524 · 3 off
- Hanford Multi-Employer Pension Plan (WA) 1,524 · 3 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.