401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
United Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $8.9B
- Total assets
- 47,594
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $186,761
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by United Airlines, Inc. · Illinois · Transportation & Warehousing
$8.9B in assets, 47,594 participants
United Airlines, Inc.'s United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan reported $8.9B in total assets and 47,594 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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
- #3,328 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,344 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan covers 47,594 participants in Illinois, 62x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~768 per filing). Assets: $8.9B.
- $8.9B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 47,594
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
- $186,761
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$1.9B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.5B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $7.4B in the plan year 2022 filing to $8.9B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 46,613 in the plan year 2022 filing to 47,594 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Participants vs Illinois filers
In Illinois, the average filing covers about 768 participants across 5,440 plans. United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan reports 47,594 participants - 62x that state average ($8.9B EOY assets).
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $7.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $8.9B |
| Net Income | $1.5B |
| Employer EIN | 742099724 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1984-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (United Airlines, Inc.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 110,304 | $26.7B |
| 2023 | 6 | 114,586 | $31.8B |
| 2024 | 4 | 102,481 | $32.6B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
- Accenture United States 401(k) Match Savings Plan $17.6B · 69,974
- State Farm 401(k) Savings Plan $16.9B · 60,246
- Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan $14.5B · 38,012
- United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan $14.4B · 14,959
- Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan $13.4B · 235,331
Scale composition for United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan
United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan reports $8.9B in end-of-year assets across 47,594 participants (0.076% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.053% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $186,761 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $1.5B.
This plan identity (EIN 742099724, plan #222) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $7.4B to $10.3B (+38.6%) while covered participants moved from 46,613 to 57,326 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 46,613 | $7.4B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 47,594 | $8.9B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 57,326 | $10.3B | 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)
Similar-Sized 401(k) Plans Nationally
401(k) plans in other states closest to United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Siemens Savings Plan (NJ) $8.9B · 27,753
- Kpmg 401(k) Capital Accumulation Plan (NJ) $8.9B · 39,527
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan (PA) $9.0B · 25,184
- Ubs 401(k) Plan Trust (NJ) $9.0B · 21,579
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar 401(k) plans in Illinois. Compare plans
- United Airlines, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 22.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Transportation & Warehousing plans