Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Visa Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.6B
Total assets Very large vs avg
3,490
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$459,112
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Visa Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Visa Inc. · California · Finance & Insurance

$1.6B in assets, 3,490 participants

Visa Inc.'s Visa Retirement Plan reported $1.6B in total assets and 3,490 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #8,384 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)

Coverage in California

Visa Retirement Plan covers 3,490 participants in California, 5.5x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $1.6B.

#8,384
in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
+2.9%
assets growth YoY
16×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Visa Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Visa Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,602,301,345 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Visa Retirement Plan'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. Visa Retirement Plan lands in the large band (3,490 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Visa Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $187M in the plan year 2023 filing to $97M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Visa Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 3,769 in the plan year 2023 filing to 3,490 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Visa Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.6B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.6B in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 260267673 · Visa Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Visa Retirement Plan · $1.6B · 3,490 · 99th

  • IND $1.6B
  • IND 3,490
  • IND 99th
  • IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near Basf Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan
  • IND ind #8384

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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Visa Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Western Pennsylvania Teamsters and Employers Pension FundWestern Pennsylvania Teamste…$1.6BVisa Retirement Plan$1.6BBasf Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension PlanBasf Corporation Salaried Em…$1.6BNational Integrated Group Pension PlanNational Integrated Group Pe…$1.6BBosch Pension Plan$1.6B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Visa Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.6B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income$97M
Employer EIN260267673
Plan Effective Date1971-01-07
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Visa Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Visa Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6.8B 50.68360531831819% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4B$5B$6B$7B$8B 202220232024 $4.51B $6.8B ▲ +50.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 14,723 $4.5B
2023 2 16,250 $5.9B
2024 2 16,611 $6.8B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California

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

Visa Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Visa Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.602301345 · Participants: 3490Visa Retirement PlanKaiser Permanente Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 34.452234723 · Participants: 135057Kaiser Permanente Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.60716624 · Participants: 27500Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 11.441381434 · Participants: 18983Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc.Western States Carpenters Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.342334451 · Participants: 48582Western States Carpenters Pension PlanIlwu-Pma Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.798538721 · Participants: 15833Ilwu-Pma Pension Plan
Visa Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Visa Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Visa Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Basf Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan in NJ ($1.6B); by covered participants it is Ibt Consolidated Pension Plan in WA (3,491 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.6B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3,490 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 Visa Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Visa Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 2.9% during 2024, from $1.6B to $1.6B. Reported net income was $97M.
How have Visa Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Visa Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 50.7%, from $4.5B to $6.8B.
Where does Visa Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Visa Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Visa Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Basf Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan in NJ ($1.6B, 2,805 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Visa Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ibt Consolidated Pension Plan in WA (3,491 participants, $180M 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 260267673.

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.