Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.4B
Total assets Very large vs avg
9,659
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$244,640
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Frontier Communications Pension Plan · Sponsored by Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. · Connecticut · Information & Media

$2.4B in assets, 9,659 participants

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.'s Frontier Communications Pension Plan reported $2.4B in total assets and 9,659 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.

  • #2,779 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Coverage in Connecticut

Frontier Communications Pension Plan covers 9,659 participants in Connecticut, 13x the typical Connecticut plan (state average ~718 per filing). Assets: $2.4B.

#2,779
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+11.3%
assets growth YoY
24×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Frontier Communications Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Frontier Communications Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,362,977,641 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Frontier Communications 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. Frontier Communications Pension Plan lands in the large band (9,659 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Frontier Communications Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$657M in the plan year 2022 filing to $242M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Frontier Communications Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Frontier Communications Pension Plan reported participants fell from 10,653 in the plan year 2022 filing to 9,659 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 862359749 · Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Frontier Communications Pension Plan · $2.4B · 9,659 · 99th

  • VS-ST $2.4B
  • BOY 9,659
  • SCH 99th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Valero Energy Corporation Pension Plan
  • TYPE ind #2779

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 Connecticut →

Frontier Communications Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

The Hcsc Employee Pension PlanThe Hcsc Employee Pension Pl…$2.4BThe Hearst Corporation Retirement PlanThe Hearst Corporation Retir…$2.4BCsx Pension Plan$2.4BFrontier Communications Pension PlanFrontier Communications Pens…$2.4BValero Energy Corporation Pension PlanValero Energy Corporation Pe…$2.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Frontier Communications Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Connecticut filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.3B
Net Income$242M
Employer EIN862359749
Plan Effective Date1944-06-15
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$8.4B 75.85448705622191% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4B$6B$8B$10B 202220232024 $4.77B $8.39B ▲ +75.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 26,444 $4.8B
2023 3 24,447 $5.3B
2024 4 33,367 $8.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Connecticut

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

Frontier Communications Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0500010000150002000025000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Frontier Communications Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.362977641 · Participants: 9659Frontier Communications Pension PlanRtx Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 43.752088232 · Participants: 23823Rtx Consolidated Pension PlanThe Citigroup Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.610367002 · Participants: 17283The Citigroup Pension PlanEversource Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.8761342 · Participants: 3717Eversource Pension PlanRetirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc., Total assets ($B): 5.40003759 · Participants: 10546Retirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc.The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees, Total assets ($B): 3.580099386 · Participants: 7529The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees
Frontier Communications Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants
Compare Frontier Communications Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Frontier Communications Pension Plan

Frontier Communications Pension Plan reports $2.4B in end-of-year assets across 9,659 participants (0.019% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $244,640 per participant (1.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $242M.

This plan identity (EIN 862359749, plan #001) has 4 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.1B to $2.4B (+13.7%) while covered participants moved from 10,653 to 8,761 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 10,653 $2.1B Open filing
2023 9,659 $2.4B This page
2024 11,190 $2.8B Open filing
2024 · index core 8,761 $2.4B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Frontier Communications Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Connecticut, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Valero Energy Corporation Pension Plan in TX ($2.4B); by covered participants it is U. S. Retirement Plan in NJ (9,670 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.4B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,659 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 Frontier Communications Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Frontier Communications Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.3% during 2023, from $2.1B to $2.4B. Reported net income was $242M.
How have Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 75.9%, from $4.8B to $8.4B.
Where does Frontier Communications Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Frontier Communications 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 Frontier Communications Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Valero Energy Corporation Pension Plan in TX ($2.4B, 7,019 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Frontier Communications Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is U. S. Retirement Plan in NJ (9,670 participants, $5.3B 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 862359749.

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.