401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Piedmont Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$191M
Total assets Near avg plan size
14,678
Participants Very large workforce
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$13,004
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan · Sponsored by Piedmont Airlines, Inc. · Maryland · Transportation & Warehousing

$191M in assets, 14,678 participants

Piedmont Airlines, Inc.'s Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan reported $191M in total assets and 14,678 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.

  • #3,130 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Maryland

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan covers 14,678 participants in Maryland, 16x the typical Maryland plan (state average ~929 per filing). Assets: $191M.

#3,130
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+23.5%
assets growth YoY
1.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$190,867,999 Top 5% higher than 95% 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

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings 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. Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan is a mega filing (14,678 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$35M in the plan year 2022 filing to $37M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $154M in the plan year 2022 filing to $191M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan reported participants fell from 16,569 in the plan year 2022 filing to 14,678 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 520970090 · Piedmont Airlines, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan · $191M · 14,678 · 95th

  • ASSETS $191M
  • PCT 14,678
  • EIN 95th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • PHOTO near Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
  • IND ind #3130

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 Maryland →

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Maryland filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$154M
Net Assets (End of Year)$191M
Net Income$37M
Employer EIN520970090
Plan Effective Date1994-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Piedmont Airlines, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Piedmont Airlines, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$393M 41.84037703850665% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$250M$300M$350M$400M$450M 202220232024 $277M $393M ▲ +41.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 18,239 $277M
2023 4 16,412 $334M
2024 4 20,299 $393M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Maryland

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

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Maryland, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.190867999 · Participants: 14678Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings PlanLockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 47.273019756 · Participants: 91511Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Savings PlanMarriott Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.20606962 · Participants: 96415Marriott Retirement Savings PlanT. Rowe Price U.S. Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 4.357344903 · Participants: 6292T. Rowe Price U.S. Retirement ProgramNfl Player Second Career Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.951576315 · Participants: 2767Nfl Player Second Career Savings PlanSodexo 401 (K) Employees' Retirement Savings Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 2.217483854 · Participants: 80121Sodexo 401 (K) Employees' Retirement Savings Plan and Trust
Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Maryland, assets vs. participants
Compare Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan reports $191M in end-of-year assets across 14,678 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.016% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $13,004 per participant (9% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $37M.

This plan identity (EIN 520970090, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $154M to $225M (+46.0%) while covered participants moved from 16,569 to 18,434 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 16,569 $154M Open filing
2023 14,678 $191M This page
2024 · index core 18,434 $225M Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Maryland, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in MA ($191M); by covered participants it is The Rsm US LLP Retirement Plan in IA (14,720 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (14,678 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 Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan grew sharply - up 23.5% during 2023, from $154M to $191M. Reported net income was $37M.
How have Piedmont Airlines, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Piedmont Airlines, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 41.8%, from $277M to $393M.
Where does Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan ranks in the 95th 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 401(k) plans are similar in size to Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in MA ($191M, 1,355 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Piedmont Airlines Inc. Employee Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Rsm US LLP Retirement Plan in IA (14,720 participants, $2.9B 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 520970090.

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.