401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $12.4B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 49,414
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $250,840
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 · Sponsored by General Dynamics Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing
$12.4B in assets, 49,414 participants
General Dynamics Corporation's General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 reported $12.4B in total assets and 49,414 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.
- #17,737 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 covers 49,414 participants in Virginia, 63x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $12.4B.
- #17,737
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +11.0%
- assets growth YoY
- 124×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0's outsized position by total assets
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$12,395,006,194 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
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0'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. General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 is a mega filing (49,414 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 reported net income fell from $1.4B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.2B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 end-of-year assets rose from $11.2B in the plan year 2023 filing to $12.4B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 reported participants rose from 48,860 in the plan year 2023 filing to 49,414 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 131673581 · General Dynamics Corporation PY 2024 · 401(k)
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 · $12.4B · 49,414 · 100th
- BOY $12.4B
- SCH 49,414
- EBSA 100th
- PART 401(k)
- TYPE near Edward D. Jones & Co. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan
- NET ind #17737
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 →
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 in the asset neighbourhood
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $11.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $12.4B |
| Net Income | $1.2B |
| Employer EIN | 131673581 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2016-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (General Dynamics Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All General Dynamics Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $33.4B 11.992919867650146% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 107,750 | $29.9B |
| 2023 | 14 | 115,717 | $32.7B |
| 2024 | 11 | 111,719 | $33.4B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northrop Grumman Savings Plan $39.5B · 104,719
- 401(k) Pension Plan $16.8B · 62,869
- 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 General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 reports $12.4B in end-of-year assets across 49,414 participants (0.10% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.053% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $250,840 per participant (1.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $1.2B.
This plan identity (EIN 131673581, plan #069) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $9.6B to $12.4B (+28.8%) while covered participants moved from 36,822 to 49,414 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 36,822 | $9.6B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 48,860 | $11.2B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 49,414 | $12.4B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan (401(k), $7.9B, 27,525 participants)
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Electric Boat and Mission Systems) (Defined Benefit (Pension), $4.1B, 7,035 participants)
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Government) (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.7B, 2,990 participants)
- General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees (401(k), $2.1B, 17,637 participants)
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Edward D. Jones & Co. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan in MO ($12.4B); by covered participants it is Tractor Supply Company 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in TN (49,025 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($12.4B here).
- Edward D. Jones & Co. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan (MO) $12.4B · 47,254
- Elevance Health 401(k) Plan (IN) $12.1B · 73,120
- Disney Savings and Investment Plan (CA) $12.7B · 49,567
- The Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan (NY) $12.8B · 23,227
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (49,414 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Tractor Supply Company 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (TN) 49,025 · 389 off
- Menard, Inc. 401(k) Plan (WI) 48,994 · 420 off
- Aya Healthcare Services, Inc 401(k) Plan (CA) 50,326 · 912 off
- Aon Pooled Employer Plan (IL) 48,473 · 941 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.