Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
United Airlines, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 24,855
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $127,172
- Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Continental Retirement Plan · Sponsored by United Airlines, Inc. · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing
$3.2B in assets, 24,855 participants
United Airlines, Inc.'s The Continental Retirement Plan reported $3.2B in total assets and 24,855 participants in its 2022 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.
- #3,848 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
Coverage in Texas
The Continental Retirement Plan covers 24,855 participants in Texas, 36x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $3.2B.
- #3,848
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
- +4.5%
- assets growth YoY
- 32×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The Continental Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Continental Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$3,160,860,704 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
The Continental Retirement Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Continental Retirement Plan is a mega filing (24,855 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 742099724 · United Airlines, Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Continental Retirement Plan · $3.2B · 24,855 · 100th
- PART $3.2B
- TYPE 24,855
- NET 100th
- BOOK Defined Benefit (Pension)
- VS-ST near Highmark Retirement Plan
- BOY ind #3848
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 Texas →
The Continental Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.2B |
| Net Income | $135M |
| Employer EIN | 742099724 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1988-12-28 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (United Airlines, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All United Airlines, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $32.6B 22.353597613920844% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 110,304 | $26.7B |
| 2023 | 6 | 114,586 | $31.8B |
| 2024 | 4 | 102,481 | $32.6B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- AT&T Pension Benefit Plan $41.0B · 119,463
- Shell Pension Plan $14.6B · 12,912
- Exxonmobil Pension Plan $11.6B · 23,661
- Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan $9.5B · 12,815
- Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan $5.4B · 9,156
Scale composition for The Continental Retirement Plan
The Continental Retirement Plan reports $3.2B in end-of-year assets across 24,855 participants (0.026% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.026% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $127,172 per participant (92% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was $135M.
This plan identity (EIN 742099724, plan #010) has 2 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2023 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.2B to $3.5B (+11.0%) while covered participants moved from 24,855 to 25,492 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24,855 | $3.2B | This page |
| 2023 · index core | 25,492 | $3.5B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan (401(k), $16.8B, 16,659 participants)
- United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $10.3B, 57,326 participants)
- United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan (401(k), $5.3B, 27,196 participants)
- The Continental Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $3.5B, 25,492 participants)
The Continental Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Highmark Retirement Plan in PA ($3.2B); by covered participants it is Adjustable Plan of the National Retirement Fund in NY (25,052 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.2B here).
- Highmark Retirement Plan (PA) $3.2B · 15,759
- Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees (LA) $3.2B · 8,484
- Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan (NC) $3.2B · 16,132
- Emerson Electric Company Retirement Plan (MO) $3.1B · 4,763
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (24,855 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Adjustable Plan of the National Retirement Fund (NY) 25,052 · 197 off
- GE Pension Plan (CT) 24,626 · 229 off
- The Travelers Pension Plan (MN) 25,144 · 289 off
- Equity-League Pension Trust Fund (NY) 25,404 · 549 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.