Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

American Water Works Co., Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$712M
Total assets Above avg plan size
1,488
Participants Near avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$478,469
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries · Sponsored by American Water Works Co., Inc. · New Jersey · Utilities

$712M in assets, 1,488 participants

American Water Works Co., Inc.'s Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries reported $712M in total assets and 1,488 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #614 in Utilities (732 peers)

Where Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries sits by assets

Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $712M for 1,488 participants (~$478,469/participant), up 1.3% in 2024.

#614
in Utilities (732 peers)
+1.3%
assets growth YoY
7.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries's outsized position by total assets

Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries vs every filed plan by assets

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

$711,961,672 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries'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. Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries lands in the large band (1,488 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries reported net income fell from $51M in the plan year 2023 filing to $11M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries reported participants fell from 1,633 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,488 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries end-of-year assets rose from $703M in the plan year 2023 filing to $712M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 510063696 · American Water Works Co., Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries · $712M · 1,488 · 98th

  • PART $712M
  • PART 1,488
  • PART 98th
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Retirement Plan
  • PART ind #614

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 New Jersey →

Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries in the asset neighbourhood

Teamsters Negotiated Pension PlanTeamsters Negotiated Pension…$713MPension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated SubsidiariesPension Plan for Employees o…$712MBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Retirement PlanBlue Cross and Blue Shield o…$712MYum Brands Retirement Plan$711MPermanente Physicians Retirement PlanPermanente Physicians Retire…$711M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$703M
Net Assets (End of Year)$712M
Net Income$11M
Employer EIN510063696
Plan Effective Date1952-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (American Water Works Co., Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All American Water Works Co., Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.8B 13.323240637329251% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.4B$2.5B$2.6B$2.7B$2.8B$2.9B 202220232024 $2.46B $2.79B ▲ +13.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 8,248 $2.5B
2023 3 8,107 $2.7B
2024 3 8,038 $2.8B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey

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

Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000100000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries, Total assets ($B): 0.711961672 · Participants: 1488Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated SubsidiariesRetirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson, Total assets ($B): 21.095569114 · Participants: 37882Retirement Plan of Johnson and JohnsonJPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.066557714 · Participants: 83812JPMorgan Chase Retirement PlanNokia Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.855309 · Participants: 7280Nokia Retirement Income PlanThe Prudential Merged Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.025028912 · Participants: 16233The Prudential Merged Retirement PlanMerck US Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.090083286 · Participants: 26843Merck US Pension Plan
Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants
Compare Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries side-by-side with 3 peers →

Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Retirement Plan in AL ($712M); by covered participants it is Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Wellmark, Inc. in IA (1,486 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($712M here).

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 Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries assets move in 2024? ▼
Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries edged up modestly - up 1.3% during 2024, from $703M to $712M. Reported net income was $11M.
How have American Water Works Co., Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), American Water Works Co., Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 13.3%, from $2.5B to $2.8B.
Where does Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Retirement Plan in AL ($712M, 1,955 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Pension Plan for Employees of American Water Works Company, Inc. & Its Designated Subsidiaries? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Wellmark, Inc. in IA (1,486 participants, $235M 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 510063696.

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.