Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
General Atomics Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $945M
- Total assets
- 12,085
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $78,217
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Pension Plan of General Atomics · Sponsored by General Atomics · California · Professional & Technical Services
$945M in assets, 12,085 participants
General Atomics's Pension Plan of General Atomics reported $945M in total assets and 12,085 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #20,128 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
Coverage in California
Pension Plan of General Atomics covers 12,085 participants in California, 19x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $945M.
- $945M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 12,085
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $78,217
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Pension Plan of General Atomics reported net income rose from -$202M in the plan year 2022 filing to $154M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Pension Plan of General Atomics end-of-year assets rose from $792M in the plan year 2022 filing to $945M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Pension Plan of General Atomics reported participants fell from 12,489 in the plan year 2022 filing to 12,085 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Participants vs California filers
In California, the average filing covers about 630 participants across 15,291 plans. Pension Plan of General Atomics reports 12,085 participants - 19x that state average ($945M EOY assets).
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $792M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $937M |
| Net Income | $154M |
| Employer EIN | 953735102 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1967-11-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (General Atomics)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 24,919 | $2.8B |
| 2023 | 2 | 24,141 | $3.3B |
| 2024 | 2 | 24,200 | $3.8B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Pension Plan of General Atomics vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $33.5B · 127,356
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $21.4B · 22,914
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $18.0B · 25,647
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $10.8B · 19,545
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $10.1B · 10,813
Scale composition for Pension Plan of General Atomics
Pension Plan of General Atomics reports $945M in end-of-year assets across 12,085 participants (0.008% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $78,217 per participant (57% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $154M.
This plan identity (EIN 953735102, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $792M to $1.0B (+31.0%) while covered participants moved from 12,489 to 11,958 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12,489 | $792M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 12,085 | $945M | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 11,958 | $1.0B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $2.8B, 12,242 participants)
- Pension Plan of General Atomics (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.0B, 11,958 participants)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Pension Plan of General Atomics by total assets, not by location.
- Children's Hospital Corporation Pension Plan (MA) $946M · 9,284
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan (PA) $947M · 1,679
- Electrical Workers Local No. 26 Pension Fund (MD) $942M · 7,302
- National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan (NY) $941M · 685
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Pension Plan of General Atomics's numbers.
- By total assets, Pension Plan of General Atomics ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California. Compare plans
- General Atomics's sponsor-wide assets have grown 36.7% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Professional & Technical Services plans