Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 10,653
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $199,300
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Frontier Communications Pension Plan · Sponsored by Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. · Connecticut · Information & Media
$2.1B in assets, 10,653 participants
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.'s Frontier Communications Pension Plan reported $2.1B in total assets and 10,653 participants in its 2022 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.
- #2,872 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
Coverage in Connecticut
Frontier Communications Pension Plan covers 10,653 participants in Connecticut, 15x the typical Connecticut plan (state average ~718 per filing). Assets: $2.1B.
- #2,872
- in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
- -24.4%
- assets change YoY
- 21×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $657M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
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 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$2,123,141,183 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Frontier Communications Pension Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Frontier Communications Pension Plan is a mega filing (10,653 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 862359749 · Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Frontier Communications Pension Plan · $2.1B · 10,653 · 99th
- PHOTO $2.1B
- PHOTO 10,653
- PHOTO 99th
- PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PHOTO near Phillips 66 Retirement Plan
- PHOTO ind #2872
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
Connecticut filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.1B |
| Net Income | -$657M |
| Employer EIN | 862359749 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1944-06-15 |
| Filing Status | FILING 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
| 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.
- GE Pension Plan $45.0B · 24,626
- Raytheon Company Pension Plan for Salaried Employees $11.6B · 13,495
- The Citigroup Pension Plan $10.5B · 18,484
- Eversource Pension Plan $5.9B · 4,126
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc. $5.4B · 11,471
Scale composition for Frontier Communications Pension Plan
Frontier Communications Pension Plan reports $2.1B in end-of-year assets across 10,653 participants (0.017% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $199,300 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$657M.
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 | This page |
| 2023 | 9,659 | $2.4B | Open filing |
| 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 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $2.9B, 12,125 participants)
- Frontier Communications Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.4B, 8,761 participants)
- Frontier Communications Corporate Services Inc. Savings and Security Plan for Mid-Atlantic Associates (401(k), $244M, 1,291 participants)
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 Phillips 66 Retirement Plan in TX ($2.1B); by covered participants it is Smithfield Foods Salaried Pension Plan in VA (10,692 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.1B here).
- Phillips 66 Retirement Plan (TX) $2.1B · 11,398
- The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan (NC) $2.1B · 2,139
- Bell Helicopter Textron Master Retirement Plan (RI) $2.1B · 2,995
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Pension Plan for Salaried Employees (PA) $2.1B · 1,169
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,653 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Smithfield Foods Salaried Pension Plan (VA) 10,692 · 39 off
- Retirement Plan of Carilion Clinic (VA) 10,722 · 69 off
- Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members (VA) 10,724 · 71 off
- Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees (VA) 10,742 · 89 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.