401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Northrop Grumman Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $39.5B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 104,719
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $376,950
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Northrop Grumman Savings Plan · Sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing
$39.5B in assets, 104,719 participants
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Northrop Grumman Savings Plan reported $39.5B in total assets and 104,719 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #17,772 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan covers 104,719 participants in Virginia, 134x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $39.5B.
- #17,772
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +9.1%
- assets growth YoY
- 396×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$39,473,777,135 Highest reported value at or above every one of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Northrop Grumman Savings 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. Northrop Grumman Savings Plan is a mega filing (104,719 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Northrop Grumman Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $36.2B in the plan year 2023 filing to $39.5B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Northrop Grumman Savings Plan reported net income fell from $3.6B in the plan year 2023 filing to $3.3B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Northrop Grumman Savings Plan reported participants rose from 97,987 in the plan year 2023 filing to 104,719 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 800640649 · Northrop Grumman Corporation PY 2024 · 401(k)
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan · $39.5B · 104,719 · 100th
- EOY $39.5B
- 5500 104,719
- ASSETS 100th
- PCT 401(k)
- EIN near Costco 401(k) Retirement Plan
- RANK ind #17772
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 Virginia →
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $36.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $39.5B |
| Net Income | $3.3B |
| Employer EIN | 800640649 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1962-02-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Northrop Grumman Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Northrop Grumman Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $70.6B 12.39714344145889% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 119,474 | $62.8B |
| 2023 | 8 | 122,852 | $67.7B |
| 2024 | 8 | 127,891 | $70.6B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- 401(k) Pension Plan $16.8B · 62,869
- General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 $12.4B · 49,414
- Capital One Financial Corporation Associate Savings Plan $12.0B · 44,933
- Leidos, Inc. Retirement Plan $11.8B · 29,734
- Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan $10.6B · 32,246
Scale composition for Northrop Grumman Savings Plan
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan reports $39.5B in end-of-year assets across 104,719 participants (0.32% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.11% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $376,950 per participant (2.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $3.3B.
This plan identity (EIN 800640649, plan #011) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $32.6B to $39.5B (+21.2%) while covered participants moved from 92,420 to 104,719 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 92,420 | $32.6B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 97,987 | $36.2B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 104,719 | $39.5B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $18.8B, 12,678 participants)
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla (Defined Benefit (Pension), $8.4B, 6,737 participants)
- Northrop Grumman Retirement Plan B (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.1B, 1,614 participants)
- Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $632M, 867 participants)
Northrop Grumman Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Costco 401(k) Retirement Plan in WA ($41.0B); by covered participants it is H-E-B Savings & Retirement Plan in TX (104,613 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($39.5B here).
- Costco 401(k) Retirement Plan (WA) $41.0B · 202,468
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan (TX) $43.1B · 109,889
- Amazon 401(k) Plan (WA) $34.6B · 1,209,303
- Fidelity Retirement Savings Plan (MA) $34.2B · 66,907
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (104,719 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- H-E-B Savings & Retirement Plan (TX) 104,613 · 106 off
- Charter Communications, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (NC) 102,013 · 2,706 off
- Tenet Healthcare Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (TX) 107,575 · 2,856 off
- Apple 401(k) Plan (CA) 101,450 · 3,269 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.