Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Charter Communications, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.6B
Total assets Very large vs avg
16,981
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$150,491
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Time Warner Cable Pension Plan · Sponsored by Charter Communications, Inc. · North Carolina · Information & Media

$2.6B in assets, 16,981 participants

Charter Communications, Inc.'s Time Warner Cable Pension Plan reported $2.6B in total assets and 16,981 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #2,781 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Coverage in North Carolina

Time Warner Cable Pension Plan covers 16,981 participants in North Carolina, 21x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~819 per filing). Assets: $2.6B.

#2,781
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
-1.1%
assets change YoY
26×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $59M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Time Warner Cable Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Time Warner Cable Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,555,493,727 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Time Warner Cable Pension Plan'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. Time Warner Cable Pension Plan is a mega filing (16,981 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Time Warner Cable Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$867M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$59M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Time Warner Cable Pension Plan reported participants fell from 18,624 in the plan year 2022 filing to 16,981 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Time Warner Cable Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $2.6B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.6B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 841496755 · Charter Communications, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Time Warner Cable Pension Plan · $2.6B · 16,981 · 99th

  • PHOTO $2.6B
  • IND 16,981
  • EOY 99th
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants
  • PCT ind #2781

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in North Carolina →

Time Warner Cable Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Time Warner Cable Pension PlanTime Warner Cable Pension Pl…$2.6BThe Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight AttendantsThe Retirement Benefit Plan …$2.6BPaccar Inc Retirement Plan$2.6BFarmers Group, Inc. Employees' Pension PlanFarmers Group, Inc. Employee…$2.6BClub Pension Plan$2.6B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Time Warner Cable Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

North Carolina filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.6B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.5B
Net Income-$59M
Employer EIN841496755
Plan Effective Date1965-08-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Charter Communications, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Charter Communications, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$12.7B 26.65462313874648% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$9B$10B$11B$12B$13B$14B 202220232024 $10.1B $12.7B ▲ +26.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 202,462 $10.1B
2023 3 215,012 $11.7B
2024 3 214,564 $12.7B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in North Carolina

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Time Warner Cable Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Time Warner Cable Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.555493727 · Participants: 16981Time Warner Cable Pension PlanHoneywell Retirement Earnings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.613752395 · Participants: 11145Honeywell Retirement Earnings PlanTruist Financial Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.582387965 · Participants: 45818Truist Financial Corporation Pension PlanDuke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.0264 · Participants: 14485Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance PlanDuke Energy Legacy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.3721 · Participants: 371Duke Energy Legacy Pension PlanEmployees' Retirement Plan of Duke University, Total assets ($B): 2.616859519 · Participants: 21020Employees' Retirement Plan of Duke University
Time Warner Cable Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants
Compare Time Warner Cable Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Time Warner Cable Pension Plan

Time Warner Cable Pension Plan reports $2.6B in end-of-year assets across 16,981 participants (0.021% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.018% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $150,491 per participant (1.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was -$59M.

This plan identity (EIN 841496755, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.6B to $2.3B (-10.5%) while covered participants moved from 18,624 to 15,757 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 18,624 $2.6B Open filing
2023 16,981 $2.6B This page
2024 · index core 15,757 $2.3B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Time Warner Cable Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Carolina, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants in TX ($2.6B); by covered participants it is Corning Incorporated Pension Plan in NY (17,004 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.6B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (16,981 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 Time Warner Cable Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Time Warner Cable Pension Plan edged down modestly - down 1.1% during 2023, from $2.6B to $2.6B. Reported net income was -$59M.
How have Charter Communications, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Charter Communications, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 26.7%, from $10.1B to $12.7B.
Where does Time Warner Cable Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Time Warner Cable Pension Plan ranks in the 99th 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Time Warner Cable Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Flight Attendants in TX ($2.6B, 9,497 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Time Warner Cable Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Corning Incorporated Pension Plan in NY (17,004 participants, $2.8B 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 841496755.

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.