Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Gray Media Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$117M
Total assets Near avg plan size
780
Participants Near avg headcount
92nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$149,890
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Gray Media · Georgia · Information & Media

$117M in assets, 780 participants

Gray Media's Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan reported $117M in total assets and 780 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 92nd 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.

  • #2,490 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Where Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan sits by assets

Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $117M for 780 participants (~$149,890/participant), up 9.1% in 2023.

#2,490
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+9.1%
assets growth YoY
1.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$116,914,034 Top 8% higher than 92% 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

Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (780 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$15M in the plan year 2022 filing to $9M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $107M in the plan year 2022 filing to $117M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 846 in the plan year 2022 filing to 780 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 580285030 · Gray Media PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan · $117M · 780 · 92nd

  • IND $117M
  • EOY 780
  • 5500 92nd
  • ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan
  • EIN ind #2490

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Georgia →

Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$107M
Net Assets (End of Year)$117M
Net Income$9M
Employer EIN580285030
Plan Effective Date1945-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Gray Media)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gray Media plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$818M 37.91603129418301% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$500M$600M$700M$800M$900M 202220232024 $593M $818M ▲ +37.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 8,996 $593M
2023 3 9,127 $716M
2024 4 9,630 $818M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Georgia

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

Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.116914034 · Participants: 780Gray Television, Inc. Retirement PlanThe Southern Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.596954837 · Participants: 25241The Southern Company Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.285105757 · Participants: 70241UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.733665646 · Participants: 153217UPS Pension PlanCox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.396009274 · Participants: 24023Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension PlanDelta Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.309889555 · Participants: 15601Delta Retirement Plan
Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Georgia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan in MI ($117M); by covered participants it is Plumbers Local No 98 Defined Benefit Pension Fund in MI (780 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (780 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 Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.1% during 2023, from $107M to $117M. Reported net income was $9M.
How have Gray Media plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gray Media's sponsor-wide assets grew 37.9%, from $593M to $818M.
Where does Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan ranks in the 92nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is IBEW Local 129 Pension Fund Pension Plan in MI ($117M, 271 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Gray Television, Inc. Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Plumbers Local No 98 Defined Benefit Pension Fund in MI (780 participants, $258M 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 580285030.

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.