Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
The New York Times Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $985M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 1,137
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $866,585
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The New York Times Companies Pension Plan · Sponsored by The New York Times Company · New York · Information & Media
$985M in assets, 1,137 participants
The New York Times Company's The New York Times Companies Pension Plan reported $985M in total assets and 1,137 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- #2,742 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
Where The New York Times Companies Pension Plan sits by assets
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $985M for 1,137 participants (~$866,585/participant), down 6.6% in 2024.
- #2,742
- in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
- -6.6%
- assets change YoY
- 9.9×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $70M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$985,306,855 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 New York Times Companies Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The New York Times Companies Pension Plan lands in the large band (1,137 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- The New York Times Companies Pension Plan reported net income fell from -$15M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$70M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The New York Times Companies Pension Plan reported participants fell from 1,219 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,137 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The New York Times Companies Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1.1B in the plan year 2023 filing to $985M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 131102020 · The New York Times Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan · $985M · 1,137 · 98th
- BOY $985M
- BOY 1,137
- BOY 98th
- BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- BOY near The Wellspan Health System Merged Pension Plan
- BOY ind #2742
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 New York →
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $985M |
| Net Income | -$70M |
| Employer EIN | 131102020 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1968-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The New York Times Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The New York Times Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.0B 17.637223314296122% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 6,293 | $2.6B |
| 2023 | 4 | 6,462 | $2.8B |
| 2024 | 4 | 6,964 | $3.0B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- IBM Personal Pension Plan $17.9B · 48,014
- 1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund $16.9B · 111,833
- Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan $15.6B · 10,608
- Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan $10.0B · 8,876
- GE Energy Pension Plan $8.9B · 5,829
The New York Times Companies Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Wellspan Health System Merged Pension Plan in PA ($984M); by covered participants it is Ricoh Family Group Pension Equity Plan in PA (1,137 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($985M here).
- The Wellspan Health System Merged Pension Plan (PA) $984M · 3,265
- Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan (OR) $983M · 18,733
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Pension Plan for Specified Retirees (MD) $989M · N/A
- Ncr Pension Plan (GA) $992M · 769
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,137 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Ricoh Family Group Pension Equity Plan (PA) 1,137 · 0 off
- San Jose Market Pension Plan (TN) 1,138 · 1 off
- Cmg Hourly Pension Plan (AL) 1,136 · 1 off
- Sanofi US Group Pension Plan (NJ) 1,139 · 2 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.