Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Tegna Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$338M
Total assets Above avg plan size
670
Participants Below avg headcount
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$504,337
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Tegna Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Tegna Inc. · Virginia · Information & Media

$338M in assets, 670 participants

Tegna Inc.'s Tegna Retirement Plan reported $338M in total assets and 670 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • #2,648 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Where Tegna Retirement Plan sits by assets

Tegna Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $338M for 670 participants (~$504,337/participant), down 13.3% in 2024.

#2,648
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
-13.3%
assets change YoY
3.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $52M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Tegna Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Tegna Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$337,905,786 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 Retirement 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. Tegna Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (670 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Tegna Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $5M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$52M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Tegna Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $390M in the plan year 2023 filing to $338M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Tegna Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 729 in the plan year 2023 filing to 670 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 160442930 · Tegna Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Tegna Retirement Plan · $338M · 670 · 96th

  • EBSA $338M
  • PART 670
  • TYPE 96th
  • NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOOK near Laborers Local 57 Industrial Pension Plan
  • VS-ST ind #2648

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 Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. Pension PlanBechtel Plant Machinery, Inc…$339MInternational Assoc of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 17 Pension FundInternational Assoc of Heat …$338MLaborers Local 57 Industrial Pension PlanLaborers Local 57 Industrial…$338MTegna Retirement Plan$338MOwens Corning Merged Retirement PlanOwens Corning Merged Retirem…$337M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Tegna Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$390M
Net Assets (End of Year)$338M
Net Income-$52M
Employer EIN160442930
Plan Effective Date2015-06-29
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 Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Tegna Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Tegna Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.337905786 · Participants: 670Tegna Retirement PlanNorthrop Grumman Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.781759216 · Participants: 12678Northrop Grumman Pension PlanRetirement Security Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.481735153 · Participants: 56633Retirement Security PlanSheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.902237059 · Participants: 63530Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension FundNg Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla, Total assets ($B): 8.398702873 · Participants: 6737Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension PlaDominion Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.332769083 · Participants: 11758Dominion Energy Pension Plan
Tegna Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare Tegna Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Tegna Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Laborers Local 57 Industrial Pension Plan in PA ($338M); by covered participants it is One Gas, Inc. Retirement Plan in OK (670 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (670 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 Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Tegna Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 13.3% during 2024, from $390M to $338M. Reported net income was -$52M.
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 Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Tegna Retirement Plan ranks in the 96th 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Tegna Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Laborers Local 57 Industrial Pension Plan in PA ($338M, 1,369 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Tegna Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is One Gas, Inc. Retirement Plan in OK (670 participants, $726M 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.