Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Northrop Grumman Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $8.4B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 6,737
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.2M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla · Sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing
$8.4B in assets, 6,737 participants
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla reported $8.4B in total assets and 6,737 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.
- #17,705 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla covers 6,737 participants in Virginia, 8.6x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $8.4B.
- #17,705
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -0.6%
- assets change YoY
- 84×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $51M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla's outsized position by total assets
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$8,398,702,873 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
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla'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. Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla lands in the large band (6,737 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla reported net income fell from $389M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$51M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla reported participants fell from 7,117 in the plan year 2023 filing to 6,737 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla end-of-year assets fell from $8.5B in the plan year 2023 filing to $8.4B in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 800640649 · Northrop Grumman Corporation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla · $8.4B · 6,737 · 100th
- ASSETS $8.4B
- PCT 6,737
- EIN 100th
- RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PHOTO near Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan for Scpmg
- IND ind #17705
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 →
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla in the asset neighbourhood
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $8.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $8.4B |
| Net Income | -$51M |
| Employer EIN | 800640649 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1953-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Northrop Grumman Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Northrop Grumman Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $70.6B 12.39714344145889% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 119,474 | $62.8B |
| 2023 | 8 | 122,852 | $67.7B |
| 2024 | 8 | 127,891 | $70.6B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan $18.8B · 12,678
- Retirement Security Plan $11.5B · 56,633
- Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund $8.9B · 63,530
- Dominion Energy Pension Plan $8.3B · 11,758
- United Association National Pension Fund $7.7B · 88,454
Scale composition for Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla reports $8.4B in end-of-year assets across 6,737 participants (0.068% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $1.2M per participant (9.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$51M.
This plan identity (EIN 800640649, plan #007) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $8.1B to $8.4B (+4.2%) while covered participants moved from 7,799 to 6,737 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,799 | $8.1B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 7,117 | $8.5B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 6,737 | $8.4B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Northrop Grumman Savings Plan (401(k), $39.5B, 104,719 participants)
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $18.8B, 12,678 participants)
- Northrop Grumman Retirement Plan B (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.1B, 1,614 participants)
- Ng Es Union Represented Employees Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $632M, 867 participants)
Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan for Scpmg in CA ($8.4B); by covered participants it is Linde U.S. Pension Plan in CT (6,738 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($8.4B here).
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan for Scpmg (CA) $8.4B · 50,341
- Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan (MN) $8.3B · 46,875
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan (IL) $8.6B · 17,875
- Retirement Plan of International Paper Company (TN) $8.2B · 20,795
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,737 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Linde U.S. Pension Plan (CT) 6,738 · 1 off
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan (MI) 6,733 · 4 off
- Comerica Incorporated Retirement Income Account Plan (TX) 6,712 · 25 off
- Retirement Plan for Certain Represented Employees (MD) 6,769 · 32 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.