Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

National Football League Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$107M
Total assets Near avg plan size
42
Participants Small participant base
91st
Percentile by assets National rank
$2.5M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan · Sponsored by National Football League · New York · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$107M in assets, 42 participants

National Football League's Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan reported $107M in total assets and 42 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st 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.

  • #2,794 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,921 peers)

Where Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan sits by assets

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $107M for 42 participants (~$2.5M/participant), down 3.2% in 2024.

#2,794
in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,921 peers)
-3.2%
assets change YoY
1.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $4M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$106,959,026 Top 9% higher than 91% 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

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan is a small filing (42 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$9M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$4M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan reported participants fell from 45 in the plan year 2023 filing to 42 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $110M in the plan year 2023 filing to $107M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 131922622 · National Football League PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan · $107M · 42 · 91st

  • 5500 $107M
  • 5500 42
  • 5500 91st
  • 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • 5500 near Placid Refining Company Pension Plan
  • 5500 ind #2794

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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Placid Refining Company Pension PlanPlacid Refining Company Pens…$107MNfl Game Officials' Pension PlanNfl Game Officials' Pension …$107MRetirement Plan for Employees of Redington Fairview General HospitalRetirement Plan for Employee…$107MHussmann Pension Plan for Certain Active and Inactive EmployeesHussmann Pension Plan for Ce…$107MIlwu-Pma Watchmen Pension PlanIlwu-Pma Watchmen Pension Pl…$107M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$110M
Net Assets (End of Year)$105M
Net Income-$4M
Employer EIN131922622
Plan Effective Date1974-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (National Football League)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All National Football League plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.0B 19.664278924344224% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.8B$0.85B$0.9B$0.95B$1B$1.05B 202220232024 $0.84B $1B ▲ +19.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 3,445 $840M
2023 4 3,728 $970M
2024 4 3,926 $1.0B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.106959026 · Participants: 42Nfl Game Officials' Pension PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.919858993 · Participants: 48014IBM Personal Pension Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.913316696 · Participants: 1118331199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.588456377 · Participants: 10608Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.970337119 · Participants: 8876Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanGE Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.92290143 · Participants: 5829GE Energy Pension Plan
Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Placid Refining Company Pension Plan in LA ($107M); by covered participants it is Employees' Retirement Income Plan of Bank Leumi USA in NJ (42 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (42 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

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 Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan edged down modestly - down 3.2% during 2024, from $110M to $107M. Reported net income was -$4M.
How have National Football League plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), National Football League's sponsor-wide assets grew 19.7%, from $840M to $1.0B.
Where does Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan ranks in the 91st percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Placid Refining Company Pension Plan in LA ($107M, 202 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Nfl Game Officials' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Employees' Retirement Income Plan of Bank Leumi USA in NJ (42 participants, $77M 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 131922622.

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.