401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$13.7B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
13,283
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.0M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots · Sponsored by Delta Air Lines, Inc. · Georgia · Transportation & Warehousing

$13.7B in assets, 13,283 participants

Delta Air Lines, Inc.'s Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots reported $13.7B in total assets and 13,283 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.

  • #3,354 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Georgia

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots covers 13,283 participants in Georgia, 12x the typical Georgia plan (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $13.7B.

#3,354
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+18.9%
assets growth YoY
137×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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

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

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

$13,670,948,783 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 for Pilots'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 for Pilots is a mega filing (13,283 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 for Pilots reported net income rose from -$2.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots end-of-year assets rose from $11.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $13.7B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots reported participants rose from 12,193 in the plan year 2022 filing to 13,283 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

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

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots · $13.7B · 13,283 · 100th

  • VS-ST $13.7B
  • VS-ST 13,283
  • VS-ST 100th
  • VS-ST 401(k)
  • VS-ST near The Pepsico Savings Plan
  • VS-ST ind #3354

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 for Pilots in the asset neighbourhood

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for PilotsDelta 401(k) Retirement Plan…$13.7BThe Pepsico Savings Plan$13.7BDell Inc. 401(k) Plan$13.5BWalgreens Retirement Savings PlanWalgreens Retirement Savings…$13.4BMerck US Savings Plan$13.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Georgia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$11.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$13.7B
Net Income$2.1B
Employer EIN580218548
Plan Effective Date2008-01-01
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 for Pilots vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -2000000200000400000600000 681012141618 Total assets ($B) Participants Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots, Total assets ($B): 13.670948783 · Participants: 13283Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for PilotsThe Teamster - UPS National 401(k) Tax Deferred Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.183099452 · Participants: 510511The Teamster - UPS National 401(k) Tax Deferred Savings PlanDelta 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.184491444 · Participants: 83136Delta 401(k) Retirement PlanUPS 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 for Pilots vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots reports $13.7B in end-of-year assets across 13,283 participants (0.11% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.014% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $1.0M per participant (7.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $2.1B.

This plan identity (EIN 580218548, plan #014) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $11.5B to $15.9B (+38.5%) while covered participants moved from 12,193 to 14,473 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 12,193 $11.5B Open filing
2023 13,283 $13.7B This page
2024 · index core 14,473 $15.9B Open filing

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

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

Outside Georgia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Pepsico Savings Plan in NY ($13.7B); by covered participants it is Defined Contribution Retirement Plan of Moses Cone Health System in NC (13,278 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($13.7B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,283 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 for Pilots assets move in 2023? ▼
Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots grew sharply - up 18.9% during 2023, from $11.5B to $13.7B. Reported net income was $2.1B.
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 for Pilots rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots 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 for Pilots? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Pepsico Savings Plan in NY ($13.7B, 133,597 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Defined Contribution Retirement Plan of Moses Cone Health System in NC (13,278 participants, $243M 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.