Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program

Data updated 2026-05-15

$18.4B
Total assets
19,673
Participants
100th
Percentile by assets
$937,048
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Lockheed Martin Corporation · Maryland · Manufacturing

What the 2023 filing shows

Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program holds $18.4B for 19,673 participants - about $937,048 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, down 2.2% over the 2023 plan year.

$18.4B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
19,673
covered participants
100th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$937,048
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $400M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program

Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Lockheed Martin Corporation, headquartered in Maryland. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $18.4B in total end-of-year assets and covers 19,673 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 521893632, and the plan has been effective since 1942-12-31. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged down modestly from $18.8B at the beginning of 2023 to $18.4B at year-end - down 2.2%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $18.4B, with reported net income of -$400M 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 Lockheed Martin Corporation has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $72.0B to $79.7B, a gain of 10.8%, while reported participants moved from 161,436 to 172,051 (+6.6%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $79.7B; the softest was 2022 at $72.0B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $72.0B in assets across 13 plans covering 161,436 participants; 2023 - $77.9B in assets across 13 plans covering 169,542 participants; 2024 - $79.7B in assets across 12 plans covering 172,051 participants.

By assets, Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program outranks nearly all the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 184x 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 Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program 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)$18.8B
Total Assets (End of Year)$18.4B
Net Assets (End of Year)$18.4B
Net Income-$400M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN521893632
Plan Effective Date1942-12-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Lockheed Martin Corporation)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 13 161,436 $72.0B
2023 13 169,542 $77.9B
2024 12 172,051 $79.7B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program holds $18.4B in total assets with 19,673 participants. It is sponsored by Lockheed Martin Corporation.
What type of plan is Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program?
Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1942-12-31. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 521893632.
Who sponsors the Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program?
Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program is sponsored by Lockheed Martin Corporation, located in Maryland. The sponsor's EIN is 521893632 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program perform in 2023?
Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program edged down modestly - down 2.2% during 2023, moving from $18.8B to $18.4B in total assets. Net income was -$400M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program's numbers.

  • By total assets, Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
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  • Lockheed Martin Corporation's sponsor-wide assets have grown 10.8% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing 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 521893632.

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 2026-05-15.