Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Salt River Valley Water Users Association Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.9B
Total assets Very large vs avg
4,989
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$582,986
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Salt River Valley Water Users Association · Arizona · Utilities

$2.9B in assets, 4,989 participants

Salt River Valley Water Users Association's Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan reported $2.9B in total assets and 4,989 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #695 in Utilities (732 peers)

Coverage in Arizona

Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan covers 4,989 participants in Arizona, 8.8x the typical Arizona plan (state average ~564 per filing). Assets: $2.9B.

#695
in Utilities (732 peers)
+4.5%
assets growth YoY
29×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,908,519,301 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Salt River Project Employees' Retirement 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. Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan lands in the large band (4,989 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $257M in the plan year 2023 filing to $122M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.9B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 4,790 in the plan year 2023 filing to 4,989 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 860053220 · Salt River Valley Water Users Association PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan · $2.9B · 4,989 · 99th

  • SCH $2.9B
  • EBSA 4,989
  • PART 99th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • NET near Frontier Communications Pension Plan
  • BOOK ind #695

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 Utilities retirement plans → · Plans in Arizona →

Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Consolidated Roche Retirement PlanConsolidated Roche Retiremen…$2.9BUfcw No. California Employers Joint Pension PlanUfcw No. California Employer…$2.9BSalt River Project Employees' Retirement PlanSalt River Project Employees…$2.9BFrontier Communications Pension PlanFrontier Communications Pens…$2.9BGlaxosmithkline Cash Balance Pension PlanGlaxosmithkline Cash Balance…$2.9B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Arizona filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.9B
Net Income$122M
Employer EIN860053220
Plan Effective Date1958-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Salt River Valley Water Users Association)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Salt River Valley Water Users Association plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4.2B 19.963226607233736% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B 202220232024 $3.53B $4.23B ▲ +19.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 10,122 $3.5B
2023 2 10,263 $4.0B
2024 2 10,701 $4.2B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Arizona

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

Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Arizona, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100000100002000030000 01234 Total assets ($B) Participants Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.908519301 · Participants: 4989Salt River Project Employees' Retirement PlanPinnacle West Capital Corporation Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.099073138 · Participants: 6044Pinnacle West Capital Corporation Retirement PlanDesert States Employers & Ufcw Unions Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.037847285 · Participants: 24099Desert States Employers & Ufcw Unions Pension PlanAvnet Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.472409413 · Participants: 2732Avnet Pension PlanArizona Pipe Trades Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.418546411 · Participants: 2281Arizona Pipe Trades Pension PlanLiberty Utilities Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.405330549 · Participants: 578Liberty Utilities Defined Benefit Pension Plan
Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Arizona, assets vs. participants
Compare Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Arizona, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Frontier Communications Pension Plan in CT ($2.9B); by covered participants it is Hii Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc. Retirement Plan in VA (4,990 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.9B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,989 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 Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 4.5% during 2024, from $2.8B to $2.9B. Reported net income was $122M.
How have Salt River Valley Water Users Association plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Salt River Valley Water Users Association's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.0%, from $3.5B to $4.2B.
Where does Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Frontier Communications Pension Plan in CT ($2.9B, 15,141 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Salt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hii Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc. Retirement Plan in VA (4,990 participants, $3.5B 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 860053220.

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.