401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
United Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $10.3B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 57,326
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $179,415
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by United Airlines, Inc. · Illinois · Transportation & Warehousing
$10.3B in assets, 57,326 participants
United Airlines, Inc.'s United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan reported $10.3B in total assets and 57,326 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.
- #3,284 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan covers 57,326 participants in Illinois, 74x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $10.3B.
- #3,284
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
- +15.7%
- assets growth YoY
- 103×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$10,285,169,777 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 401(k) Savings 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 401(k) Savings Plan is a mega filing (57,326 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 47,594 in the plan year 2023 filing to 57,326 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $8.9B in the plan year 2023 filing to $10.3B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income fell from $1.5B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.4B in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 742099724 · United Airlines, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)
United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan · $10.3B · 57,326 · 100th
- 5500 $10.3B
- 5500 57,326
- 5500 100th
- 5500 401(k)
- 5500 near Hp Inc. 401(k) Plan
- 5500 ind #3284
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 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $8.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $10.3B |
| Net Income | $1.4B |
| Employer EIN | 742099724 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1984-01-01 |
| 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 401(k) Savings Plan
United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan reports $10.3B in end-of-year assets across 57,326 participants (0.083% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.061% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $179,415 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $1.4B.
This plan identity (EIN 742099724, plan #222) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $7.4B to $10.3B (+38.6%) while covered participants moved from 46,613 to 57,326 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 46,613 | $7.4B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 47,594 | $8.9B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 57,326 | $10.3B | 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 Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan (401(k), $5.3B, 27,196 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 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Hp Inc. 401(k) Plan in TX ($10.3B); by covered participants it is National Veterinary Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA (57,176 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($10.3B here).
- Hp Inc. 401(k) Plan (TX) $10.3B · 14,722
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (PA) $10.3B · 36,150
- Ubs 401(k) Plan Trust (NJ) $10.2B · 21,350
- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan (PA) $10.2B · 54,604
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (57,326 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- National Veterinary Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan (CA) 57,176 · 150 off
- Kohl's Inc. Savings Plan (WI) 57,844 · 518 off
- Davita Retirement Savings Plan (CO) 57,900 · 574 off
- Ernst & Young Retirement Savings Plan (NJ) 56,714 · 612 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.