Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Multiple Employers Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 5,068
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $419,444
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan · Sponsored by Multiple Employers · Maryland · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
$2.1B in assets, 5,068 participants
Multiple Employers's The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan reported $2.1B in total assets and 5,068 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.
- #2,941 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)
Coverage in Maryland
The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan covers 5,068 participants in Maryland, 5.5x the typical Maryland plan (state average ~929 per filing). Assets: $2.1B.
- #2,941
- in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)
- +6.6%
- assets growth YoY
- 21×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$2,125,741,705 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan lands in the large band (5,068 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$225M in the plan year 2022 filing to $132M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan reported participants rose from 4,995 in the plan year 2022 filing to 5,068 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 521061906 · Multiple Employers PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan · $2.1B · 5,068 · 99th
- EOY $2.1B
- 5500 5,068
- ASSETS 99th
- PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EIN near Pension Plan of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated II
- RANK ind #2941
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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation retirement plans → · Plans in Maryland →
The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Maryland filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.1B |
| Net Income | $132M |
| Employer EIN | 521061906 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1976-05-21 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Multiple Employers)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Multiple Employers plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.2B 10.206586163476643% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 4,995 | $2.0B |
| 2023 | 1 | 5,068 | $2.1B |
| 2024 | 1 | 4,720 | $2.2B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Maryland
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- National Electrical Benefit Fund $18.9B · 323,315
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program $18.4B · 19,673
- Major League Baseball Players Pension Plan $4.6B · 1,087
- National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund $4.5B · 15,047
- International Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Plan $4.2B · 44,973
Scale composition for The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan
The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan reports $2.1B in end-of-year assets across 5,068 participants (0.017% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.005% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $419,444 per participant (3.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $132M.
This plan identity (EIN 521061906, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.0B to $2.2B (+10.2%) while covered participants moved from 4,995 to 4,720 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4,995 | $2.0B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 5,068 | $2.1B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 4,720 | $2.2B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.2B, 4,720 participants)
The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Maryland, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated II in NJ ($2.1B); by covered participants it is General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Electric Boat) in VA (5,069 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.1B here).
- Pension Plan of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated II (NJ) $2.1B · 10,014
- Cargill, Inc. and Associated Companies Salaried Employees Pension Plan (MN) $2.1B · 3,651
- The Aerospace Employees' Retirement Plan (Aerp) (CA) $2.1B · 2,595
- Morgan Stanley Employees Retirement Plan (NY) $2.1B · 6,544
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,068 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Electric Boat) (VA) 5,069 · 1 off
- John Muir Health Retirement Plan (CA) 5,072 · 4 off
- Constellation Retirement Program (PA) 5,080 · 12 off
- Ufcw Union & Partcipating Food Industry Employers Tri-State Pension Fund (PA) 5,055 · 13 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.