Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
American Water Works Co., Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $682M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 2
- Participants Small participant base
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $341.0M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Pension Plan for Certain Inactive Participants of American Water Works Company, Inc. and Its Designa · Sponsored by American Water Works Co., Inc. · New Jersey · Utilities
$682M in assets, 2 participants
American Water Works Co., Inc.'s Pension Plan for Certain Inactive Participants of American Water Works Company, Inc. and Its Designa reported $682M in total assets and 2 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.
- #612 in Utilities (732 peers)
Where Pension Plan for Certain Inactive Participants of American Water Works Company, Inc. and Its Designa sits by assets
Pension Plan for Certain Inactive Participants of American Water Works Company, Inc. and Its Designa sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $682M for 2 participants (~$341.0M/participant), down 6.6% in 2024.
- #612
- in Utilities (732 peers)
- -6.6%
- assets change YoY
- 6.8×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $51M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Pension Plan for Certain Inactive Participants of American Water Works Company, Inc. and Its Designa's outsized position by total assets
Pension Plan for Certain Inactive Participants of American Water Works Company, Inc. and Its Designa vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$682,019,959 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Pension Plan for Certain Inactive Participants of American Water Works Company, Inc. and Its Designa among micro filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Pension Plan for Certain Inactive Participants of American Water Works Company, Inc. and Its Designa is a micro filing (2 participants), the leftmost band.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Pension Plan for Certain Inactive Participants of American Water Works Company, Inc. and Its Designa reported net income fell from -$29M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$51M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Pension Plan for Certain Inactive Participants of American Water Works Company, Inc. and Its Designa end-of-year assets fell from $730M in the plan year 2023 filing to $682M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 510063696 · American Water Works Co., Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Pension Plan for Certain Inactive Participants of American Water Works Company, Inc. and Its Designa · $682M · 2 · 98th
- ASSETS $682M
- PCT 2
- EIN 98th
- RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PHOTO near Iron Workers District Council of New England Pension Fund
- IND ind #612
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 Certain Inactive Participants of American Water Works Company, Inc. and Its Designa in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $730M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $682M |
| Net Income | -$51M |
| Employer EIN | 510063696 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2023-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING 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
| 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.
- Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson $21.1B · 37,882
- JPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan $16.1B · 83,812
- Nokia Retirement Income Plan $12.9B · 7,280
- The Prudential Merged Retirement Plan $12.0B · 16,233
- Merck US Pension Plan $10.1B · 26,843
Pension Plan for Certain Inactive Participants of American Water Works Company, Inc. and Its Designa's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Iron Workers District Council of New England Pension Fund in MA ($683M); by covered participants it is Avh Enterprises, Inc. Retirement Plan in VA (2 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($682M here).
- Iron Workers District Council of New England Pension Fund (MA) $683M · 2,297
- Group Retirement Income Plan No. 8 (IL) $680M · 1,802
- Minneapolis Retail Meat Cutters and Food Handlers Pension Fund (MN) $679M · 1,500
- Howmet Aerospace Retirement Plan (PA) $678M · 1,807
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Avh Enterprises, Inc. Retirement Plan (VA) 2 · 0 off
- Tres Rios Retirement Plan Trust (PR) 2 · 0 off
- Sterling Builder Group, Inc. DB Plan (GA) 2 · 0 off
- Marriagemax, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan & Trust (MD) 2 · 0 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.