401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$11.7B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
15,991
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$729,157
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots · Sponsored by American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing

$11.7B in assets, 15,991 participants

American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots reported $11.7B in total assets and 15,991 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.

  • #3,287 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)

Coverage in Texas

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots covers 15,991 participants in Texas, 23x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $11.7B.

#3,287
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
+12.7%
assets growth YoY
117×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots's outsized position by total assets

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots vs every filed plan by assets

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

$11,659,942,125 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots'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 for Pilots is a mega filing (15,991 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 for Pilots end-of-year assets rose from $10.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $11.7B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots reported net income rose from $1.2B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.3B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots reported participants rose from 14,868 in the plan year 2023 filing to 15,991 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 131502798 · American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement PY 2024 · 401(k)

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots · $11.7B · 15,991 · 100th

  • SCH $11.7B
  • EBSA 15,991
  • PART 100th
  • TYPE 401(k)
  • NET near Marriott Retirement Savings Plan
  • BOOK ind #3287

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 for Pilots in the asset neighbourhood

Leidos, Inc. Retirement Plan$11.8BMarriott Retirement Savings PlanMarriott Retirement Savings …$11.7BAmerican Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for PilotsAmerican Airlines, Inc. 401(…$11.7BBristol-Myers Squibb Savings and Investment ProgramBristol-Myers Squibb Savings…$11.6BThe Progressive 401(k) Plan$11.5B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$10.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$11.7B
Net Income$1.3B
Employer EIN131502798
Plan Effective Date2015-10-27
Filing StatusFILING 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
$32B$34B$36B$38B$40B$42B 202220232024 $33.8B $40B ▲ +18.3%
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.

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 1020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots, Total assets ($B): 11.659942125 · Participants: 15991American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for PilotsAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 43.121795 · Participants: 109889AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.711 · Participants: 21990Exxonmobil Savings PlanChevron Employee Savings Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 20.378704663 · Participants: 21505Chevron Employee Savings Investment PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.81200478 · Participants: 43873Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanSouthwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.991748637 · Participants: 67820Southwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots reports $11.7B in end-of-year assets across 15,991 participants (0.095% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.017% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $729,157 per participant (5.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $1.3B.

This plan identity (EIN 131502798, plan #022) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $9.1B to $11.7B (+27.7%) while covered participants moved from 14,139 to 15,991 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 14,139 $9.1B Open filing
2023 14,868 $10.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 15,991 $11.7B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Marriott Retirement Savings Plan in MD ($11.7B); by covered participants it is Firstservice Residential 401(k) Plan in FL (15,985 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($11.7B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,991 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 American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots assets move in 2024? ▼
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots grew at a solid clip - up 12.7% during 2024, from $10.3B to $11.7B. Reported net income was $1.3B.
How have American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), American Airlines, Inc. - Retirement's sponsor-wide assets grew 18.3%, from $33.8B to $40.0B.
Where does American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Marriott Retirement Savings Plan in MD ($11.7B, 101,417 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan for Pilots? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Firstservice Residential 401(k) Plan in FL (15,985 participants, $328M 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 131502798.

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.