Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Northrop Grumman Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $623M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 440
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.4M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan · Sponsored by Northrop Grumman Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing
$623M in assets, 440 participants
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan reported $623M in total assets and 440 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.
- #17,107 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Where Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan sits by assets
Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $623M for 440 participants (~$1.4M/participant), down 1.1% in 2024.
- #17,107
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -1.1%
- assets change YoY
- 6.3×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $7M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$623,170,075 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
Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (440 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan reported net income fell from $33M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$7M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan reported participants fell from 485 in the plan year 2023 filing to 440 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $630M in the plan year 2023 filing to $623M in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 800640649 · Northrop Grumman Corporation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan · $623M · 440 · 98th
- ASSETS $623M
- PCT 440
- EIN 98th
- RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PHOTO near Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Unions 502 & 633 Pens
- IND ind #17107
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 Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $630M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $623M |
| Net Income | -$7M |
| Employer EIN | 800640649 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2001-10-19 |
| 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
- Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla $8.4B · 6,737
- Dominion Energy Pension Plan $8.3B · 11,758
Ng Es - Space Division Consolidated Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Unions 502 & 633 Pens in MI ($623M); by covered participants it is Young & Rubicam LLC Career Cash Balance Continuation Plan in NY (440 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($623M here).
- Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Unions 502 & 633 Pens (MI) $623M · 2,160
- Willis North America Inc. Pension Plan (TN) $623M · 551
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 98 Pension Plan (PA) $624M · 2,573
- Pamcah-Ua Local 675 Pension Plan (HI) $622M · 1,532
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (440 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.