Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Northrop Grumman Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$630M
Total assets Above avg plan size
485
Participants Below avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.3M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan · Sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing

$630M in assets, 485 participants

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan reported $630M in total assets and 485 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.

  • #18,064 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan sits by assets

Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $630M for 485 participants (~$1.3M/participant), up 5.6% in 2023.

#18,064
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+5.6%
assets growth YoY
6.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$629,890,310 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated 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 - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (485 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$157M in the plan year 2022 filing to $33M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan reported participants fell from 534 in the plan year 2022 filing to 485 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $597M in the plan year 2022 filing to $630M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 800640649 · Northrop Grumman Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan · $630M · 485 · 98th

  • PCT $630M
  • PCT 485
  • PCT 98th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near I. a. T. S. E. National Pension Fund
  • PCT ind #18064

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 - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$597M
Net Assets (End of Year)$629M
Net Income$33M
Employer EIN800640649
Plan Effective Date2001-10-19
Filing StatusFILING 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
$60B$65B$70B$75B 202220232024 $62.8B $70.6B ▲ +12.4%
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.

Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.62989031 · Participants: 485Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension PlanNorthrop Grumman Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.134846358 · Participants: 13674Northrop Grumman Pension PlanRetirement Security Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.184642779 · Participants: 54171Retirement Security PlanNg Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla, Total assets ($B): 8.450021632 · Participants: 7117Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension PlaSheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.306466489 · Participants: 61272Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension FundDominion Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.570958933 · Participants: 12263Dominion Energy Pension Plan
Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is I. a. T. S. E. National Pension Fund in NY ($630M); by covered participants it is Bricklayers' Pension Trust Fund-Metropolitan Area in MI (484 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($630M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (485 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 Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.6% during 2023, from $597M to $630M. Reported net income was $33M.
How have Northrop Grumman Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Northrop Grumman Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 12.4%, from $62.8B to $70.6B.
Where does Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is I. a. T. S. E. National Pension Fund in NY ($630M, 16,809 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Bricklayers' Pension Trust Fund-Metropolitan Area in MI (484 participants, $182M 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 800640649.

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.