Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

The Hearst Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$414M
Total assets
559
Participants
97th
Percentile by assets
$740,600
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan · Sponsored by The Hearst Corporation · North Carolina · Information & Media

$414M in assets, 559 participants

The Hearst Corporation's The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan reported $414M in total assets and 559 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • 97th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
  • #2,669 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Where The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan sits by assets

The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $414M for 559 participants (~$740,600/participant), up 10.5% in 2023.

$414M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
559
covered participants
97th
percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
$740,600
avg assets per participant

Where The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan sits by total assets

The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$413,995,436 Top 3% higher than 97% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,010,000,000 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

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$120M in the plan year 2022 filing to $39M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $375M in the plan year 2022 filing to $414M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 623 in the plan year 2022 filing to 559 in the plan year 2023 filing.

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State
North Carolina
Industry
Information & Media

The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan vs the 2023 asset distribution

By assets, The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan outranks 97% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 4.2x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$375M
Net Assets (End of Year)$414M
Net Income$39M
Employer EIN130433120
Plan Effective Date1968-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The Hearst Corporation)

$4.5B$5B$5.5B$6B$6.5B 202220232024 $4.83B $6.06B ▲ +25.5%
Total plan assets by year, all The Hearst Corporation plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 8 13,694 $4.8B
2023 9 16,844 $5.6B
2024 9 17,329 $6.1B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in North Carolina

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

The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants The Hearst Corporati…, Total assets ($B): 0.413995436 · Participants: 559The Hearst Corporati…Honeywell Retirement…, Total assets ($B): 16.613752395 · Participants: 11145Honeywell Retirement…Truist Financial Cor…, Total assets ($B): 14.582387965 · Participants: 45818Truist Financial Cor…Duke Energy Retireme…, Total assets ($B): 4.0264 · Participants: 14485Duke Energy Retireme…Duke Energy Legacy P…, Total assets ($B): 3.3721 · Participants: 371Duke Energy Legacy P…Employees' Retiremen…, Total assets ($B): 2.616859519 · Participants: 21020Employees' Retiremen…
The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants
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Frequently Asked Questions

How did The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.5% during 2023, from $375M to $414M. Reported net income was $39M.
How have The Hearst Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Hearst Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 25.5%, from $4.8B to $6.1B.
Where does The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pension and Retirement Plan of Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Local 525 in NV ($413M, 1,518 participants).

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Ways to act on The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina. Compare plans
  • The Hearst Corporation's sponsor-wide assets have grown 25.5% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Information & Media plans

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 130433120.

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.