401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Howmet Aerospace Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
3,308
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$325,969
Avg per participant High balance/head
PlainRetire home → About this data RSS: change history

Official DOL plan name: Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Howmet Aerospace Inc. · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

$1.1B in assets, 3,308 participants

Howmet Aerospace Inc.'s Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan reported $1.1B in total assets and 3,308 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.

  • #17,339 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan covers 3,308 participants in Pennsylvania, 4.0x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $1.1B.

#17,339
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+9.1%
assets growth YoY
11×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$1,078,305,326 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

Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan lands in the large band (3,308 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan reported net income fell from $105M in the plan year 2023 filing to $82M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 2,895 in the plan year 2023 filing to 3,308 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $988M in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 250317820 · Howmet Aerospace Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan · $1.1B · 3,308 · 99th

  • VS-ST $1.1B
  • VS-ST 3,308
  • VS-ST 99th
  • VS-ST 401(k)
  • VS-ST near Gen Digital Inc. 401(k) Plan
  • VS-ST ind #17339

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →

Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings PlanHowmet Aerospace Salaried Re…$1.1BGen Digital Inc. 401(k) Plan$1.1BThe Gi Alliance Management 401(k) Savings PlanThe Gi Alliance Management 4…$1.1BAmerican Greetings Retirement Savings PlanAmerican Greetings Retiremen…$1.1BUnivar Solutions 401(k) Plan$1.1B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$988M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.1B
Net Income$82M
Employer EIN250317820
Plan Effective Date1958-05-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Howmet Aerospace Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Howmet Aerospace Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.7B 14.449503516549342% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.2B$2.4B$2.6B$2.8B 202220232024 $2.37B $2.71B ▲ +14.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 15,839 $2.4B
2023 4 15,860 $2.5B
2024 4 17,052 $2.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000100000 0510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.078305326 · Participants: 3308Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.687957793 · Participants: 90495Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanThe Cigna Group 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.20308608 · Participants: 63634The Cigna Group 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.084818612 · Participants: 18066The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.263366209 · Participants: 36150Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.189629 · Participants: 54604The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan
Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Gen Digital Inc. 401(k) Plan in AZ ($1.1B); by covered participants it is Granite Construction Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan in CA (3,307 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.1B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3,308 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 Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.1% during 2024, from $988M to $1.1B. Reported net income was $82M.
How have Howmet Aerospace Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Howmet Aerospace Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 14.4%, from $2.4B to $2.7B.
Where does Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings 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 401(k) plans are similar in size to Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Gen Digital Inc. 401(k) Plan in AZ ($1.1B, 1,270 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Howmet Aerospace Salaried Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Granite Construction Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan in CA (3,307 participants, $819M 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 250317820.

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.