Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Northrop Grumman Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $18.8B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 12,678
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.5M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Northrop Grumman Pension Plan · Sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing
$18.8B in assets, 12,678 participants
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Northrop Grumman Pension Plan reported $18.8B in total assets and 12,678 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.
- #17,758 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
Northrop Grumman Pension Plan covers 12,678 participants in Virginia, 16x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $18.8B.
- #17,758
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -1.8%
- assets change YoY
- 188×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $352M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Northrop Grumman Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Northrop Grumman Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$18,781,759,216 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
Northrop Grumman Pension Plan'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. Northrop Grumman Pension Plan is a mega filing (12,678 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan reported net income fell from $804M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$352M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan reported participants fell from 13,674 in the plan year 2023 filing to 12,678 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Northrop Grumman Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $19.1B in the plan year 2023 filing to $18.8B in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 800640649 · Northrop Grumman Corporation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Northrop Grumman Pension Plan · $18.8B · 12,678 · 100th
- PART $18.8B
- PART 12,678
- PART 100th
- PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PART near GE Aerospace Pension Plan
- PART ind #17758
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 →
Northrop Grumman Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $19.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $18.8B |
| Net Income | -$352M |
| Employer EIN | 800640649 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2000-01-01 |
| 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.
- Retirement Security Plan $11.5B · 56,633
- Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund $8.9B · 63,530
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla $8.4B · 6,737
- Dominion Energy Pension Plan $8.3B · 11,758
- United Association National Pension Fund $7.7B · 88,454
Scale composition for Northrop Grumman Pension Plan
Northrop Grumman Pension Plan reports $18.8B in end-of-year assets across 12,678 participants (0.15% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $1.5M per participant (11x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$352M.
This plan identity (EIN 800640649, plan #030) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $18.3B to $18.8B (+2.5%) while covered participants moved from 14,867 to 12,678 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14,867 | $18.3B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 13,674 | $19.1B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 12,678 | $18.8B | 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)
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla (Defined Benefit (Pension), $8.4B, 6,737 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)
Northrop Grumman Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is GE Aerospace Pension Plan in OH ($19.0B); by covered participants it is Shell Pension Plan in TX (12,688 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($18.8B here).
- GE Aerospace Pension Plan (OH) $19.0B · 9,637
- The Bank of America Pension Plan (RI) $19.0B · 53,831
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program (MD) $18.3B · 18,014
- IBM Personal Pension Plan (NY) $17.9B · 48,014
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,678 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Shell Pension Plan (TX) 12,688 · 10 off
- Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement (MI) 12,752 · 74 off
- The Cchs Retirement Plan (OH) 12,592 · 86 off
- Massachusetts Service Employees' Pension Fund (NY) 12,813 · 135 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.