401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

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

Data updated 2026-08-25

$10.3B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
14,868
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$695,767
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots · Sponsored by American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing

$10.3B in assets, 14,868 participants

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots reported $10.3B in total assets and 14,868 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.

  • #3,351 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Texas

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots covers 14,868 participants in Texas, 22x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $10.3B.

#3,351
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+13.3%
assets growth YoY
104×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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

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

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

$10,344,669,330 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 for Pilots'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 for Pilots is a mega filing (14,868 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 for Pilots reported net income rose from -$2.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.2B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots end-of-year assets rose from $9.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $10.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots reported participants rose from 14,139 in the plan year 2022 filing to 14,868 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

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

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots · $10.3B · 14,868 · 100th

  • EBSA $10.3B
  • PART 14,868
  • TYPE 100th
  • NET 401(k)
  • BOOK near Duke Energy Retirement Savings Plan
  • VS-ST ind #3351

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 for Pilots in the asset neighbourhood

Duke Energy Retirement Savings PlanDuke Energy Retirement Savin…$10.4BAmerican Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for PilotsAmerican Airlines, Inc. 401(…$10.3BBayer Corporation Savings and Retirement PlanBayer Corporation Savings an…$10.3BBristol-Myers Squibb Savings and Investment ProgramBristol-Myers Squibb Savings…$10.3BU.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan$10.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$9.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$10.3B
Net Income$1.2B
Employer EIN131502798
Plan Effective Date2015-10-27
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 for Pilots vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots, Total assets ($B): 10.34466933 · Participants: 14868American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for PilotsAT&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 ($B): 16.496476432 · Participants: 41679Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanAmerican Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.680189879 · Participants: 88792American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) PlanDell Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.529835 · Participants: 45686Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots reports $10.3B in end-of-year assets across 14,868 participants (0.084% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.016% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $695,767 per participant (5.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $1.2B.

This plan identity (EIN 131502798, plan #022) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $9.1B to $11.7B (+27.7%) while covered participants moved from 14,139 to 15,991 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 14,139 $9.1B Open filing
2023 14,868 $10.3B This page
2024 · index core 15,991 $11.7B Open filing

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

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

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Duke Energy Retirement Savings Plan in NC ($10.4B); by covered participants it is Lifespan 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in RI (14,816 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($10.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (14,868 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 for Pilots assets move in 2023? ▼
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots grew at a solid clip - up 13.3% during 2023, from $9.1B to $10.3B. Reported net income was $1.2B.
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 for Pilots rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots 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 for Pilots? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Duke Energy Retirement Savings Plan in NC ($10.4B, 28,121 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Lifespan 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in RI (14,816 participants, $936M 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.