401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$14.7B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
88,792
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$165,332
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing

$14.7B in assets, 88,792 participants

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $14.7B in total assets and 88,792 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.

  • #3,356 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Texas

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 88,792 participants in Texas, 129x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $14.7B.

#3,356
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+14.6%
assets growth YoY
147×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$14,680,189,879 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) 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. American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (88,792 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$2.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.9B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $12.8B in the plan year 2022 filing to $14.7B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 85,577 in the plan year 2022 filing to 88,792 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 131502798 · American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement PY 2023 · 401(k)

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $14.7B · 88,792 · 100th

  • ASSETS $14.7B
  • PCT 88,792
  • EIN 100th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • PHOTO near Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan
  • IND ind #3356

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 Texas →

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$12.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$14.7B
Net Income$1.9B
Employer EIN131502798
Plan Effective Date1984-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$40.0B 18.300623540637105% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$32B$34B$36B$38B$40B$42B 202220232024 $33.8B $40B ▲ +18.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 8 135,785 $33.8B
2023 8 137,632 $37.5B
2024 8 141,543 $40.0B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

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

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 1020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.680189879 · Participants: 88792American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 40.012012 · Participants: 119854AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.917 · Participants: 23477Exxonmobil Savings PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.496476432 · Participants: 41679Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanDell Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.529835 · Participants: 45686Dell Inc. 401(k) PlanToyota Motor North America, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.912388373 · Participants: 42788Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $14.7B in end-of-year assets across 88,792 participants (0.12% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.095% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $165,332 per participant (1.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $1.9B.

This plan identity (EIN 131502798, plan #013) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $12.8B to $16.2B (+26.4%) while covered participants moved from 85,577 to 93,397 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 85,577 $12.8B Open filing
2023 88,792 $14.7B This page
2024 · index core 93,397 $16.2B Open filing

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

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

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan in IL ($14.5B); by covered participants it is Dollar Tree Retirement Savings Plan in VA (89,133 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($14.7B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (88,792 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 American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.6% during 2023, from $12.8B to $14.7B. Reported net income was $1.9B.
How have American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's sponsor-wide assets grew 18.3%, from $33.8B to $40.0B.
Where does American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 100th 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 401(k) plans are similar in size to American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan in IL ($14.5B, 38,012 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Dollar Tree Retirement Savings Plan in VA (89,133 participants, $891M 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 131502798.

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.