Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

The New York Times Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$1.1B
Total assets
1,219
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$865,843
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: The New York Times Companies Pension Plan · Sponsored by The New York Times Company · New York · Information & Media

$1.1B in assets, 1,219 participants

The New York Times Company's The New York Times Companies Pension Plan reported $1.1B in total assets and 1,219 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)
  • #2,746 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Where The New York Times Companies Pension Plan sits by assets

The New York Times Companies Pension Plan sits among the largest 1% of all filed plans, $1.1B for 1,219 participants (~$865,843/participant), down 1.4% in 2023.

$1.1B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
1,219
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
$865,843
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $15M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Where The New York Times Companies Pension Plan sits by total assets

The New York Times Companies Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,055,462,202 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 New York Times Companies Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$390M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$15M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The New York Times Companies Pension Plan reported participants fell from 1,304 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,219 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The New York Times Companies Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

State
New York
Industry
Information & Media

The New York Times Companies Pension Plan vs the 2023 asset distribution

By assets, The New York Times Companies Pension Plan outranks 99% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 11x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.1B
Net Income-$15M
Employer EIN131102020
Plan Effective Date1968-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The New York Times Company)

$2.4B$2.6B$2.8B$3B$3.2B 202220232024 $2.57B $3.02B ▲ +17.5%
Total plan assets by year, all The New York Times Company plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 6,293 $2.6B
2023 4 6,462 $2.8B
2024 4 6,964 $3.0B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How did The New York Times Companies Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan edged down modestly - down 1.4% during 2023, from $1.1B to $1.1B. Reported net income was -$15M.
How have The New York Times Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The New York Times Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 17.6%, from $2.6B to $3.0B.
Where does The New York Times Companies Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan ranks in the 99th 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to The New York Times Companies Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Salaried Employee Pension Plan for Kapl Employees and Retirees in PA ($1.1B, 909 participants).

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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 131102020.

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.