Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
The Hearst Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $416M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 491
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 97th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $847,913
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan · Sponsored by The Hearst Corporation · North Carolina · Information & Media
$416M in assets, 491 participants
The Hearst Corporation's The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan reported $416M in total assets and 491 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- #2,665 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
Where The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan sits by assets
The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $416M for 491 participants (~$847,913/participant), up 0.6% in 2024.
- #2,665
- in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
- +0.6%
- assets growth YoY
- 4.2×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$416,325,470 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (491 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $39M in the plan year 2023 filing to $2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 559 in the plan year 2023 filing to 491 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $414M in the plan year 2023 filing to $416M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 130433120 · The Hearst Corporation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan · $416M · 491 · 97th
- PHOTO $416M
- IND 491
- EOY 97th
- 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
- ASSETS near Bae Space & Mission Systems Pension Plan
- PCT ind #2665
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 North Carolina →
The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $414M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $416M |
| Net Income | $2M |
| Employer EIN | 130433120 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1968-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Hearst Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Hearst Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $6.1B 25.51061709381907% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 13,694 | $4.8B |
| 2023 | 9 | 16,844 | $5.6B |
| 2024 | 9 | 17,329 | $6.1B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in North Carolina
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Honeywell Retirement Earnings Plan $16.6B · 9,923
- Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan $14.7B · 38,548
- Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan $4.7B · 13,576
- Employees' Retirement Plan of Duke University $2.8B · 22,655
- The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan $2.4B · 1,745
The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside North Carolina, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Bae Space & Mission Systems Pension Plan in VA ($417M); by covered participants it is Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel in NY (491 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($416M here).
- Bae Space & Mission Systems Pension Plan (VA) $417M · 4,279
- Westlake Defined Benefit Plan (TX) $417M · 981
- Premier Health Partners Employees Retirement Plan (OH) $415M · 9,472
- Resilient Floor Covering Pension Fund (CA) $418M · 1,331
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (491 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel (NY) 491 · 0 off
- Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union No. 74 Pension Fund (PA) 491 · 0 off
- Volvo Retirement Plan (PA) 492 · 1 off
- Msd Puerto Rico Pension Plan (PR) 490 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.