401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$16.2B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
83,136
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$194,675
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Georgia · Transportation & Warehousing

$16.2B in assets, 83,136 participants

Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan reported $16.2B in total assets and 83,136 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #3,357 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Georgia

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan covers 83,136 participants in Georgia, 76x the typical Georgia plan (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $16.2B.

#3,357
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+22.2%
assets growth YoY
162×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$16,184,491,444 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan is a mega filing (83,136 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$2.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.9B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $13.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $16.2B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 72,820 in the plan year 2022 filing to 83,136 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 580218548 · Delta Air Lines, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan · $16.2B · 83,136 · 100th

  • EIN $16.2B
  • EIN 83,136
  • EIN 100th
  • EIN 401(k)
  • EIN near Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan
  • EIN ind #3357

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 Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Georgia →

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

State Farm 401(k) Savings PlanState Farm 401(k) Savings Pl…$16.9BCaterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings P…$16.5BDelta 401(k) Retirement Plan$16.2BFord Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried EmployeesFord Motor Co. Savings and S…$15.6BErnst & Young Retirement Savings PlanErnst & Young Retirement Sav…$15.5B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Georgia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$13.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$16.2B
Net Income$2.9B
Employer EIN580218548
Plan Effective Date1971-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Delta Air Lines, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Delta Air Lines, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$51.4B 27.83790401128044% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$35B$40B$45B$50B$55B 202220232024 $40.2B $51.4B ▲ +27.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 11 112,289 $40.2B
2023 12 136,516 $46.0B
2024 12 145,368 $51.4B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Georgia

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -2000000200000400000600000 681012141618 Total assets ($B) Participants Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.184491444 · Participants: 83136Delta 401(k) Retirement PlanThe Teamster - UPS National 401(k) Tax Deferred Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.183099452 · Participants: 510511The Teamster - UPS National 401(k) Tax Deferred Savings PlanDelta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots, Total assets ($B): 13.670948783 · Participants: 13283Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for PilotsUPS 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.111089897 · Participants: 102231UPS 401(k) Savings PlanThe Home Depot Futurebuilder, Total assets ($B): 12.585718117 · Participants: 413365The Home Depot FuturebuilderThe Southern Company Employee Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.390479468 · Participants: 27549The Southern Company Employee Savings Plan
Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan reports $16.2B in end-of-year assets across 83,136 participants (0.13% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.089% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $194,675 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $2.9B.

This plan identity (EIN 580218548, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $13.2B to $19.0B (+43.4%) while covered participants moved from 72,820 to 89,836 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 72,820 $13.2B Open filing
2023 83,136 $16.2B This page
2024 · index core 89,836 $19.0B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Georgia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan in TX ($16.5B); by covered participants it is Food Lion 401(k) Plan in NC (83,522 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($16.2B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (83,136 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 Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 22.2% during 2023, from $13.2B to $16.2B. Reported net income was $2.9B.
How have Delta Air Lines, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 27.8%, from $40.2B to $51.4B.
Where does Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan in TX ($16.5B, 41,679 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Food Lion 401(k) Plan in NC (83,522 participants, $1.1B 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 580218548.

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.