Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Northrop Grumman Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $636M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 940
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $676,468
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan · Sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing
$636M in assets, 940 participants
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan reported $636M in total assets and 940 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- #18,073 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Where Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan sits by assets
Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $636M for 940 participants (~$676,468/participant), up 5.8% in 2023.
- #18,073
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +5.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 6.4×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$635,879,581 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (940 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$158M in the plan year 2022 filing to $35M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $601M in the plan year 2022 filing to $636M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan reported participants fell from 992 in the plan year 2022 filing to 940 in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 800640649 · Northrop Grumman Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan · $636M · 940 · 98th
- EBSA $636M
- PART 940
- TYPE 98th
- NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
- BOOK near Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund
- VS-ST ind #18073
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 →
Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $601M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $635M |
| Net Income | $35M |
| Employer EIN | 800640649 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1999-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Northrop Grumman Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Northrop Grumman Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $70.6B 12.39714344145889% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 119,474 | $62.8B |
| 2023 | 8 | 122,852 | $67.7B |
| 2024 | 8 | 127,891 | $70.6B |
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
Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund in MN ($638M); by covered participants it is General Retirement Plan for Employees of Carpenter Technology Corporation in PA (941 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($636M here).
- Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund (MN) $638M · 1,729
- The Nemours Foundation Pension Plan (FL) $633M · 1,586
- Mccormick Pension Plan (MD) $633M · 1,000
- Banco Popular De Puerto Rico Retirement Plan (PR) $632M · 1,952
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (940 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- General Retirement Plan for Employees of Carpenter Technology Corporation (PA) 941 · 1 off
- Trustees of Jacksonville Plumbers and Pipefitters (TN) 938 · 2 off
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Cash Balance Plan (PA) 938 · 2 off
- Motion Pic. Lab. Techs and Film Editors Local 780 Pension Fund (FL) 937 · 3 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.