Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
The Hearst Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $2.4B
- Total assets
- 1,745
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $1.4M
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan · Sponsored by The Hearst Corporation · North Carolina · Information & Media
$2.4B in assets, 1,745 participants
The Hearst Corporation's The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan reported $2.4B in total assets and 1,745 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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- #2,669 in Information & Media (2,712 peers)
Coverage in North Carolina
The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan covers 1,745 participants in North Carolina, 2.1x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~846 per filing). Assets: $2.4B.
- $2.4B
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 1,745
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $1.4M
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $248M in the plan year 2023 filing to $30M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 1,922 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,745 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.4B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.4B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Participants vs North Carolina filers
In North Carolina, the average filing covers about 846 participants across 3,325 plans. The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan reports 1,745 participants - 2.1x that state average ($2.4B EOY assets).
North Carolina filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.4B |
| Net Income | $30M |
| Employer EIN | 130433120 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1967-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Hearst Corporation)
| 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.
The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants
- 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
- Duke Energy Legacy Pension Plan $2.4B · 300
- Time Warner Cable Pension Plan $2.3B · 15,757
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Pension Plan for Employees at Ornl (TN) $2.4B · 6,357
- Ernst & Young Defined Benefit Retirement Plan (NJ) $2.4B · 48,793
- Frontier Communications Pension Plan (CT) $2.4B · 8,761
- Twin City Hospitals - Minnesota Nurses Association Pension Plan (MN) $2.4B · 16,348
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina. Compare plans
- The Hearst Corporation's sponsor-wide assets have grown 25.5% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Information & Media plans