Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Star Tribune Media Company LLC Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $42M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 66
- Participants Small participant base
- 82nd
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $628,940
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Star Tribune Retirement Plan a · Sponsored by Star Tribune Media Company LLC · Minnesota · Information & Media
$42M in assets, 66 participants
Star Tribune Media Company LLC's Star Tribune Retirement Plan a reported $42M in total assets and 66 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 82nd 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.
- #2,125 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
Where Star Tribune Retirement Plan a sits by assets
Star Tribune Retirement Plan a sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $42M for 66 participants (~$628,940/participant), down 6.0% in 2024.
- #2,125
- in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
- -6.0%
- assets change YoY
- 0.4×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $3M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Star Tribune Retirement Plan a's outsized position by total assets
Star Tribune Retirement Plan a vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$41,510,028 Top 18% higher than 82% 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
Star Tribune Retirement Plan a among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Star Tribune Retirement Plan a is a small filing (66 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Star Tribune Retirement Plan a reported net income fell from -$742K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Star Tribune Retirement Plan a reported participants fell from 74 in the plan year 2023 filing to 66 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Star Tribune Retirement Plan a end-of-year assets fell from $44M in the plan year 2023 filing to $42M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 800481962 · Star Tribune Media Company LLC PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Star Tribune Retirement Plan a · $42M · 66 · 82nd
- NET $42M
- NET 66
- NET 82nd
- NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
- NET near Gsc-Ila Local 1303 Pension Plan
- NET ind #2125
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 Minnesota →
Star Tribune Retirement Plan a in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $44M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $42M |
| Net Income | -$3M |
| Employer EIN | 800481962 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1963-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Star Tribune Media Company LLC)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Star Tribune Media Company LLC plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $332M 4.820655869778144% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 1,034 | $316M |
| 2023 | 4 | 985 | $333M |
| 2024 | 4 | 926 | $332M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Minnesota
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Mayo Pension Plan $11.8B · 71,743
- 3M Employee Retirement Income Plan $8.9B · 9,132
- Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan $8.3B · 46,875
- U.S. Bank Pension Plan $4.4B · 62,822
- The Travelers Pension Plan $4.2B · 27,237
Star Tribune Retirement Plan a's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Minnesota, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Gsc-Ila Local 1303 Pension Plan in MS ($41M); by covered participants it is Newmarket Corporation Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees Located in Houston, Texas in VA (66 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($42M here).
- Gsc-Ila Local 1303 Pension Plan (MS) $41M · 182
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Texas State Teachers Association (TX) $42M · 49
- Sbera Pension Plan as Adopted by the Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank (MA) $42M · 72
- The Belt Railway Company of Chicago Pension Plan for Non-Schedule Employees (IL) $42M · 45
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (66 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Newmarket Corporation Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees Located in Houston, Texas (VA) 66 · 0 off
- The North Ward Center, Inc. Retirement Plan (NJ) 66 · 0 off
- The Monarch Cement Company Retirement Plan for Production Employees - Humboldt Plant (KS) 66 · 0 off
- Retirement Plan for Montana Refining Employees of Calumet Gp, LLC (IN) 66 · 0 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.