Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
National Telecommunications Cooperative Association Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $2.3B
- Total assets
- 10,052
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $227,849
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members · Sponsored by National Telecommunications Cooperative Association · Virginia · Information & Media
$2.3B in assets, 10,052 participants
National Telecommunications Cooperative Association's Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members reported $2.3B in total assets and 10,052 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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #2,777 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members covers 10,052 participants in Virginia, 13x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $2.3B.
- $2.3B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 10,052
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $227,849
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members reported net income rose from -$602M in the plan year 2022 filing to $75M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members reported participants fell from 10,724 in the plan year 2022 filing to 10,052 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members end-of-year assets rose from $2.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.
Participants vs Virginia filers
In Virginia, the average filing covers about 782 participants across 3,655 plans. Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members reports 10,052 participants - 13x that state average ($2.3B EOY assets).
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.3B |
| Net Income | $75M |
| Employer EIN | 520741336 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1959-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (National Telecommunications Cooperative Association)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 32,763 | $4.8B |
| 2023 | 2 | 32,322 | $5.3B |
| 2024 | 2 | 33,122 | $5.9B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan $19.1B · 13,674
- Retirement Security Plan $10.2B · 54,171
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla $8.5B · 7,117
- Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund $8.3B · 61,272
- Dominion Energy Pension Plan $7.6B · 12,263
Scale composition for Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members
Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members reports $2.3B in end-of-year assets across 10,052 participants (0.019% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $227,849 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $75M.
This plan identity (EIN 520741336, plan #333) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.2B to $2.5B (+13.7%) while covered participants moved from 10,724 to 9,988 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,724 | $2.2B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 10,052 | $2.3B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 9,988 | $2.5B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members (401(k), $3.4B, 23,134 participants)
- Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.5B, 9,988 participants)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members by total assets, not by location.
- Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan (CA) $2.3B · 8,002
- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 1950 Pension Plan (OH) $2.3B · 2,309
- Medtronic Retirement Plan for Certain Participants and Beneficiaries (MN) $2.3B · 7,871
- The Keyspan Retirement Plan (NY) $2.3B · 2,744
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members's numbers.
- By total assets, Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia. Compare plans
- National Telecommunications Cooperative Association's sponsor-wide assets have grown 21.5% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Information & Media plans