401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
United Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $4.6B
- Total assets
- 24,331
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $189,152
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by United Airlines, Inc. · Illinois · Transportation & Warehousing
$4.6B in assets, 24,331 participants
United Airlines, Inc.'s United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan reported $4.6B in total assets and 24,331 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 127,072 plans)
- #3,341 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan covers 24,331 participants in Illinois, 31x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $4.6B.
- $4.6B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 24,331
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $189,152
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$930M in the plan year 2022 filing to $720M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.9B in the plan year 2022 filing to $4.6B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 23,146 in the plan year 2022 filing to 24,331 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Participants vs Illinois filers
In Illinois, the average filing covers about 779 participants across 5,745 plans. United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan reports 24,331 participants - 31x that state average ($4.6B EOY assets).
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.6B |
| Net Income | $720M |
| Employer EIN | 742099724 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1979-01-01 |
| 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 Flight Attendant 401(k) 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 Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan
United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan reports $4.6B in end-of-year assets across 24,331 participants (0.037% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.026% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $189,152 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $720M.
This plan identity (EIN 742099724, plan #008) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.9B to $5.3B (+37.2%) while covered participants moved from 23,146 to 27,196 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23,146 | $3.9B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 24,331 | $4.6B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 27,196 | $5.3B | 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 Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan by total assets, not by location.
- General Mills 401(k) Plan (MN) $4.6B · 14,536
- M & T Bank Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (NY) $4.6B · 22,713
- International Paper Company Salaried Savings Plan (TN) $4.6B · 12,153
- Farmers Group, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (CA) $4.6B · 22,503
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) 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