401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
United Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $5.3B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 27,196
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $195,799
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by United Airlines, Inc. · Illinois · Transportation & Warehousing
$5.3B in assets, 27,196 participants
United Airlines, Inc.'s United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan reported $5.3B in total assets and 27,196 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.
- #3,280 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan covers 27,196 participants in Illinois, 35x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $5.3B.
- #3,280
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
- +15.7%
- assets growth YoY
- 53×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$5,324,955,280 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
United Airlines Flight Attendant 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. United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (27,196 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4.6B in the plan year 2023 filing to $5.3B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 24,331 in the plan year 2023 filing to 27,196 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from $720M in the plan year 2023 filing to $722M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 742099724 · United Airlines, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)
United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan · $5.3B · 27,196 · 100th
- EOY $5.3B
- 5500 27,196
- ASSETS 100th
- PCT 401(k)
- EIN near Federal Express Corporation Pilots Retirement Savings Plan
- RANK ind #3280
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 Illinois →
United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $4.6B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $5.3B |
| Net Income | $722M |
| Employer EIN | 742099724 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1979-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (United Airlines, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All United Airlines, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $32.6B 22.353597613920844% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 110,304 | $26.7B |
| 2023 | 6 | 114,586 | $31.8B |
| 2024 | 4 | 102,481 | $32.6B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Accenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings Plan $21.3B · 66,965
- State Farm 401(k) Savings Plan $19.0B · 63,297
- United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan $16.8B · 16,659
- Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan $15.8B · 38,229
- Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan $14.5B · 233,635
Scale composition for United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan
United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan reports $5.3B in end-of-year assets across 27,196 participants (0.043% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.029% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $195,799 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $722M.
This plan identity (EIN 742099724, plan #008) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.9B to $5.3B (+37.2%) while covered participants moved from 23,146 to 27,196 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23,146 | $3.9B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 24,331 | $4.6B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 27,196 | $5.3B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan (401(k), $16.8B, 16,659 participants)
- United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $10.3B, 57,326 participants)
- The Continental Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $3.5B, 25,492 participants)
- The Continental Pilots Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $231M, 1,289 participants)
United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Federal Express Corporation Pilots Retirement Savings Plan in TN ($5.3B); by covered participants it is Acosta, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in FL (27,227 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($5.3B here).
- Federal Express Corporation Pilots Retirement Savings Plan (TN) $5.3B · 5,830
- The Procter & Gamble Savings Plan (OH) $5.4B · 29,629
- Sysco Corporation Employees' 401(k) Plan (TX) $5.3B · 44,285
- Science Applications International Corporation Retirement Plan (VA) $5.4B · 18,057
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (27,196 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Acosta, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (FL) 27,227 · 31 off
- Kaiser Permanente Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan (CA) 27,157 · 39 off
- Unifi Aviation 401(k) Retirement Plan (GA) 27,126 · 70 off
- Life Time and Its Affiliates 401(k) Plan (MN) 27,316 · 120 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.