401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Tegna Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$995M
Total assets Above avg plan size
6,116
Participants Above avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$162,754
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Tegna Inc. · Virginia · Information & Media

$995M in assets, 6,116 participants

Tegna Inc.'s Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan reported $995M in total assets and 6,116 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.

  • #2,743 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Coverage in Virginia

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan covers 6,116 participants in Virginia, 7.8x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $995M.

#2,743
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
+10.9%
assets growth YoY
10.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$995,406,171 Top 2% higher than 98% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Tegna 401(k) Savings 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. Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan lands in the large band (6,116 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from $82M in the plan year 2023 filing to $98M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $897M in the plan year 2023 filing to $995M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants fell from 6,365 in the plan year 2023 filing to 6,116 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 160442930 · Tegna Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan · $995M · 6,116 · 98th

  • 5500 $995M
  • ASSETS 6,116
  • PCT 98th
  • EIN 401(k)
  • RANK near Ati 401(k) Savings Plan
  • PHOTO ind #2743

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 Virginia →

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Thrivewise Pooled Employer PlanThrivewise Pooled Employer P…$997MRetirement Plan for Michigan Credit Union Employees 401(k) Savings PlanRetirement Plan for Michigan…$996MTegna 401(k) Savings Plan$995MAti 401(k) Savings Plan$995MCelanese Americas Retirement Savings PlanCelanese Americas Retirement…$993M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Virginia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$897M
Net Assets (End of Year)$995M
Net Income$98M
Employer EIN160442930
Plan Effective Date1989-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Tegna Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Tegna Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.3B 11.100451620327311% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.15B$1.2B$1.25B$1.3B$1.35B 202220232024 $1.2B $1.33B ▲ +10.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,104 $1.2B
2023 2 7,094 $1.3B
2024 2 6,786 $1.3B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.995406171 · Participants: 6116Tegna 401(k) Savings PlanNorthrop Grumman Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 39.473777135 · Participants: 104719Northrop Grumman Savings Plan401(k) Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.840459887 · Participants: 62869401(k) Pension PlanGeneral Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0, Total assets ($B): 12.395006194 · Participants: 49414General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0Capital One Financial Corporation Associate Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.04952818 · Participants: 44933Capital One Financial Corporation Associate Savings PlanLeidos, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.790942581 · Participants: 29734Leidos, Inc. Retirement Plan
Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan reports $995M in end-of-year assets across 6,116 participants (0.008% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $162,754 per participant (1.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $98M.

This plan identity (EIN 160442930, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $815M to $995M (+22.1%) while covered participants moved from 6,315 to 6,116 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,315 $815M Open filing
2023 6,365 $897M Open filing
2024 · index core 6,116 $995M This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Ati 401(k) Savings Plan in TX ($995M); by covered participants it is Mv Transportation, Inc. 401(k) Plan in TX (6,116 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($995M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,116 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.9% during 2024, from $897M to $995M. Reported net income was $98M.
How have Tegna Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Tegna Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 11.1%, from $1.2B to $1.3B.
Where does Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ati 401(k) Savings Plan in TX ($995M, 3,786 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Tegna 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Mv Transportation, Inc. 401(k) Plan in TX (6,116 participants, $41M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 160442930.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.