401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $10.3B
- Total assets
- 14,868
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $695,767
- Avg per participant
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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
- #3,333 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,344 peers)
Coverage in Texas
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots covers 14,868 participants in Texas, 21x the typical Texas plan (state average ~704 per filing). Assets: $10.3B.
- $10.3B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 14,868
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
- $695,767
- avg assets per participant
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.
Participants vs Texas filers
In Texas, the average filing covers about 704 participants across 9,718 plans. American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots reports 14,868 participants - 21x that state average ($10.3B EOY assets).
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $9.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $10.3B |
| Net Income | $1.2B |
| Employer EIN | 131502798 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2015-10-27 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement)
| 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
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan $40.0B · 119,854
- Exxonmobil Savings Plan $21.9B · 23,477
- Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan $16.5B · 41,679
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan $14.7B · 88,792
- Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan $13.5B · 45,686
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 (0.089% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.017% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $695,767 per participant (5.1x 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 (401(k), $16.2B, 93,397 participants)
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots (401(k), $11.7B, 15,991 participants)
- The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO (Defined Benefit (Pension), $4.3B, 13,402 participants)
- American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.7B, 4,746 participants)
Similar-Sized 401(k) Plans Nationally
401(k) plans in other states closest to American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots by total assets, not by location.
- Duke Energy Retirement Savings Plan (NC) $10.4B · 28,121
- Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan (MO) $10.3B · 19,273
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Savings and Investment Program (NJ) $10.3B · 22,254
- U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan (MN) $10.3B · 75,272
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots's numbers.
- By total assets, American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots 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 Texas. Compare plans
- American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's sponsor-wide assets have grown 18.3% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Transportation & Warehousing plans