401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Alaska Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$901M
Total assets Above avg plan size
6,530
Participants Above avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$137,978
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Alaska Airlines, Inc. · Washington · Transportation & Warehousing

$901M in assets, 6,530 participants

Alaska Airlines, Inc.'s Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan reported $901M in total assets and 6,530 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.

  • #3,279 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Washington

Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan covers 6,530 participants in Washington, 4.4x the typical Washington plan (state average ~1,476 per filing). Assets: $901M.

#3,279
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+19.4%
assets growth YoY
9.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$900,994,347 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

Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (6,530 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$147M in the plan year 2022 filing to $146M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $755M in the plan year 2022 filing to $901M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 5,557 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,530 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 920009235 · Alaska Airlines, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan · $901M · 6,530 · 98th

  • EIN $901M
  • RANK 6,530
  • PHOTO 98th
  • IND 401(k)
  • EOY near Maritime Association - I.L.a. Retirement Fund
  • 5500 ind #3279

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 Washington →

Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Essity North America Investment and Retirement PlanEssity North America Investm…$903MMarriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. 401(k)Marriott Vacations Worldwide…$903MClark Group Retirement Plan$902MMaritime Association - I.L.a. Retirement FundMaritime Association - I.L.a…$901MAlaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) PlanAlaska Airlines, Inc. Flight…$901M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Washington filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$755M
Net Assets (End of Year)$901M
Net Income$146M
Employer EIN920009235
Plan Effective Date1988-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Alaska Airlines, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Alaska Airlines, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7.4B 31.142564552489677% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5B$6B$7B$8B 202220232024 $5.61B $7.36B ▲ +31.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 8 20,288 $5.6B
2023 8 22,853 $6.5B
2024 8 22,560 $7.4B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Washington

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

Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000250000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.900994347 · Participants: 6530Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) PlanThe Boeing Company 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 72.246135158 · Participants: 128910The Boeing Company 401(k) Retirement PlanMicrosoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 53.225853429 · Participants: 123296Microsoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) PlanCostco 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 33.384845813 · Participants: 192744Costco 401(k) Retirement PlanT-Mobile USA, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 8.338937292 · Participants: 71538T-Mobile USA, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Trust401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.118808679 · Participants: 87590401(k) Savings Plan
Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants
Compare Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan

Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan reports $901M in end-of-year assets across 6,530 participants (0.007% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $137,978 per participant (100% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $146M.

This plan identity (EIN 920009235, plan #012) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $755M to $1.0B (+34.9%) while covered participants moved from 5,557 to 6,828 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 5,557 $755M Open filing
2023 6,530 $901M This page
2024 · index core 6,828 $1.0B Open filing

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

Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Washington, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Maritime Association - I.L.a. Retirement Fund in TX ($901M); by covered participants it is Adient US LLC Savings and Investment (401(k)) Plan in MI (6,531 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($901M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,530 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 Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 19.4% during 2023, from $755M to $901M. Reported net income was $146M.
How have Alaska Airlines, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Alaska Airlines, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 31.1%, from $5.6B to $7.4B.
Where does Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) 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 401(k) plans are similar in size to Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Maritime Association - I.L.a. Retirement Fund in TX ($901M, 4,617 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Alaska Airlines, Inc. Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Adient US LLC Savings and Investment (401(k)) Plan in MI (6,531 participants, $922M 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 920009235.

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.