Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Frontier Communications Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.9B
Total assets Very large vs avg
15,141
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$191,677
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Frontier Communications Pension Plan · Sponsored by Frontier Communications Corporation · Connecticut · Information & Media

$2.9B in assets, 15,141 participants

Frontier Communications Corporation's Frontier Communications Pension Plan reported $2.9B in total assets and 15,141 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #2,787 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Coverage in Connecticut

Frontier Communications Pension Plan covers 15,141 participants in Connecticut, 21x the typical Connecticut plan (state average ~718 per filing). Assets: $2.9B.

#2,787
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
+18.0%
assets growth YoY
29×
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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$2,902,188,658 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 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 2024

Frontier Communications Pension Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Frontier Communications Pension Plan is a mega filing (15,141 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 060619596 · Frontier Communications Corporation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Frontier Communications Pension Plan · $2.9B · 15,141 · 99th

  • PCT $2.9B
  • PCT 15,141
  • PCT 99th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near Glaxosmithkline Cash Balance Pension Plan
  • PCT ind #2787

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

Consolidated Roche Retirement PlanConsolidated Roche Retiremen…$2.9BUfcw No. California Employers Joint Pension PlanUfcw No. California Employer…$2.9BSalt River Project Employees' Retirement PlanSalt River Project Employees…$2.9BFrontier Communications Pension PlanFrontier Communications Pens…$2.9BGlaxosmithkline Cash Balance Pension PlanGlaxosmithkline Cash Balance…$2.9B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Frontier Communications Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Connecticut filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.8B
Net Income$391M
Employer EIN060619596
Plan Effective Date1944-06-15
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

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. 010000200003000040000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Frontier Communications Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.902188658 · Participants: 15141Frontier Communications Pension PlanRtx Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 41.643558189 · Participants: 36180Rtx Consolidated Pension PlanThe Citigroup Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.993084827 · Participants: 15906The Citigroup Pension PlanEversource Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.763055773 · Participants: 3428Eversource Pension PlanRetirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc., Total assets ($B): 5.242514983 · Participants: 9682Retirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc.The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees, Total assets ($B): 3.395288837 · Participants: 7034The 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 →

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 Glaxosmithkline Cash Balance Pension Plan in PA ($2.9B); by covered participants it is Co-Op Retirement Plan in MO (15,151 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.9B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,141 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. 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 2024? ▼
Frontier Communications Pension Plan grew sharply - up 18.0% during 2024, from $2.5B to $2.9B. Reported net income was $391M.
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 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (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 Glaxosmithkline Cash Balance Pension Plan in PA ($2.9B, 7,770 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 Co-Op Retirement Plan in MO (15,151 participants, $3.5B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 060619596.

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.