Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
The Aerospace Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 2,595
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $822,875
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Aerospace Employees' Retirement Plan (Aerp) · Sponsored by The Aerospace Corporation · California · Professional & Technical Services
$2.1B in assets, 2,595 participants
The Aerospace Corporation's The Aerospace Employees' Retirement Plan (Aerp) reported $2.1B in total assets and 2,595 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.
- #20,247 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
Coverage in California
The Aerospace Employees' Retirement Plan (Aerp) covers 2,595 participants in California, 4.1x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $2.1B.
- #20,247
- in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
- +11.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 21×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The Aerospace Employees' Retirement Plan (Aerp)'s outsized position by total assets
The Aerospace Employees' Retirement Plan (Aerp) vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$2,135,360,204 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
The Aerospace Employees' Retirement Plan (Aerp)'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. The Aerospace Employees' Retirement Plan (Aerp) lands in the large band (2,595 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- The Aerospace Employees' Retirement Plan (Aerp) reported net income rose from $28M in the plan year 2022 filing to $225M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Aerospace Employees' Retirement Plan (Aerp) end-of-year assets rose from $1.9B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Aerospace Employees' Retirement Plan (Aerp) reported participants fell from 2,767 in the plan year 2022 filing to 2,595 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 952102389 · The Aerospace Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Aerospace Employees' Retirement Plan (Aerp) · $2.1B · 2,595 · 99th
- VS-ST $2.1B
- VS-ST 2,595
- VS-ST 99th
- VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
- VS-ST near Pension Plan of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated II
- VS-ST ind #20247
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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →
The Aerospace Employees' Retirement Plan (Aerp) in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.1B |
| Net Income | $225M |
| Employer EIN | 952102389 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1961-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Aerospace Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Aerospace Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.6B 28.286292771651972% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 7,206 | $2.8B |
| 2023 | 2 | 7,912 | $3.3B |
| 2024 | 2 | 7,333 | $3.6B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $33.5B · 127,356
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $21.4B · 22,914
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $18.0B · 25,647
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $10.8B · 19,545
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $10.1B · 10,813
The Aerospace Employees' Retirement Plan (Aerp)'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated II in NJ ($2.1B); by covered participants it is Freeport Minerals Corporation Retirement Plan in AZ (2,597 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.1B here).
- Pension Plan of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated II (NJ) $2.1B · 10,014
- The National Football League Club Employees Pension Plan (MD) $2.1B · 5,068
- Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois (IL) $2.1B · 4,750
- Cargill, Inc. and Associated Companies Salaried Employees Pension Plan (MN) $2.1B · 3,651
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,595 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Freeport Minerals Corporation Retirement Plan (AZ) 2,597 · 2 off
- Tenth Amended & Restated Owens-Illinois Hourly Retirement Plan (OH) 2,588 · 7 off
- Pension and Retirement Plan (DE) 2,588 · 7 off
- Western PA Electrical Employees Pension Trust Fund (PA) 2,603 · 8 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.