401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $16.2B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 93,397
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $173,382
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing
$16.2B in assets, 93,397 participants
American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $16.2B in total assets and 93,397 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.
- #3,291 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
Coverage in Texas
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 93,397 participants in Texas, 136x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $16.2B.
- #3,291
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
- +10.3%
- assets growth YoY
- 162×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$16,193,365,552 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
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) 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. American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (93,397 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $1.9B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.5B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $14.7B in the plan year 2023 filing to $16.2B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 88,792 in the plan year 2023 filing to 93,397 in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 131502798 · American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement PY 2024 · 401(k)
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $16.2B · 93,397 · 100th
- PART $16.2B
- PART 93,397
- PART 100th
- PART 401(k)
- PART near Honeywell 401(k) Plan
- PART ind #3291
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 Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $14.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $16.2B |
| Net Income | $1.5B |
| Employer EIN | 131502798 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1984-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $40.0B 18.300623540637105% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 135,785 | $33.8B |
| 2023 | 8 | 137,632 | $37.5B |
| 2024 | 8 | 141,543 | $40.0B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan $43.1B · 109,889
- Exxonmobil Savings Plan $23.7B · 21,990
- Chevron Employee Savings Investment Plan $20.4B · 21,505
- Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan $18.8B · 43,873
- Southwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan $17.0B · 67,820
Scale composition for American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $16.2B in end-of-year assets across 93,397 participants (0.13% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.099% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $173,382 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $1.5B.
This plan identity (EIN 131502798, plan #013) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $12.8B to $16.2B (+26.4%) while covered participants moved from 85,577 to 93,397 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 85,577 | $12.8B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 88,792 | $14.7B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 93,397 | $16.2B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots (401(k), $11.7B, 15,991 participants)
- The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Employees Represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO (Defined Benefit (Pension), $4.3B, 13,402 participants)
- American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.7B, 4,746 participants)
- The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.7B, 4,783 participants)
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Honeywell 401(k) Plan in NC ($16.3B); by covered participants it is Fedex Corporation Retirement Savings Plan II in TN (94,890 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($16.2B here).
- Honeywell 401(k) Plan (NC) $16.3B · 39,468
- L3harris Retirement Savings Plan (FL) $16.3B · 40,330
- Meta Platforms, Inc 401(k) Plan (CA) $16.5B · 51,434
- Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots (GA) $15.9B · 14,473
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (93,397 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Fedex Corporation Retirement Savings Plan II (TN) 94,890 · 1,493 off
- UPS 401(k) Savings Plan (GA) 95,250 · 1,853 off
- Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan (PA) 90,495 · 2,902 off
- Commonspirit Health 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (KY) 90,345 · 3,052 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.