401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
United Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $16.8B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 16,659
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.0M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan · Sponsored by United Airlines, Inc. · Illinois · Transportation & Warehousing
$16.8B in assets, 16,659 participants
United Airlines, Inc.'s United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan reported $16.8B in total assets and 16,659 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.
- #3,292 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan covers 16,659 participants in Illinois, 21x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $16.8B.
- #3,292
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
- +17.2%
- assets growth YoY
- 169×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan's outsized position by total assets
United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$16,835,964,452 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 Pilot Retirement Account 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 Pilot Retirement Account Plan is a mega filing (16,659 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan end-of-year assets rose from $14.4B in the plan year 2023 filing to $16.8B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan reported participants rose from 14,959 in the plan year 2023 filing to 16,659 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan reported net income fell from $2.5B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.5B in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 742099724 · United Airlines, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)
United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan · $16.8B · 16,659 · 100th
- PCT $16.8B
- EIN 16,659
- RANK 100th
- PHOTO 401(k)
- IND near 401(k) Pension Plan
- EOY ind #3292
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 Pilot Retirement Account Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $14.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $16.8B |
| Net Income | $2.5B |
| Employer EIN | 742099724 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2005-09-01 |
| 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
- Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan $15.8B · 38,229
- Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan $14.5B · 233,635
- Abbvie Savings Plan $13.4B · 26,790
Scale composition for United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan
United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan reports $16.8B in end-of-year assets across 16,659 participants (0.14% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.018% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $1.0M per participant (7.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $2.5B.
This plan identity (EIN 742099724, plan #202) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $11.8B to $16.8B (+42.5%) while covered participants moved from 13,437 to 16,659 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13,437 | $11.8B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 14,959 | $14.4B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 16,659 | $16.8B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $10.3B, 57,326 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 Pilot Retirement Account Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is 401(k) Pension Plan in VA ($16.8B); by covered participants it is Nextera Energy, Inc. Employee Retirement Savings Plan in FL (16,678 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($16.8B here).
- 401(k) Pension Plan (VA) $16.8B · 62,869
- Southwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan (TX) $17.0B · 67,820
- Meta Platforms, Inc 401(k) Plan (CA) $16.5B · 51,434
- Ford Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried Employees (MI) $17.3B · 31,790
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (16,659 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Nextera Energy, Inc. Employee Retirement Savings Plan (FL) 16,678 · 19 off
- Waste Connections, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (TX) 16,709 · 50 off
- Concentrix Retirement and Savings Plan (OH) 16,747 · 88 off
- Baptist Health 401(k) Plan (KY) 16,771 · 112 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.