Retirement plan

AT&T PENSION BENEFIT PLAN

AT&T INC.EIN 43-1301883Plan #017PY 2024
P.O. BOX 132160 - DALLAS, TX 753132160210-886-5920att.comLinkedIn10001+ employeestelecommunications
Prospect flagsHigh retiree %Low returns

Filing contacts

From the Form 5500, federal record
Plan sponsor signer
(name not on filing)
(210) 886-5920
Plan administrator signer
INGRID BERNER
Signed 10/08/2025
Plan administrator entity
AT&T SERVICES, INC.
EIN 742782655

Summary metrics

Total assets (EOY)
$28265.9M
+33.6% from 2022
Total participants
274,710
+4.5% from 2022
Average account balance
$0
No prior year
Annual return
0.97%
+24.65 pp from 2022

Benchmarks

Peer group
Industryany (size+type match)
Plan typeDefined benefit
Participants>=10,000
Cohort185 peers
Snapshot2024
Participant deferral / active EE
$0
median $11
Employer contribution / active EE
$4,298
median $6,224
Participation rate
0.0%
median 0.0%
Avg account balance
$0
Admin fee / account holder
$0
Annual return
0.97%
median 6.42%
Overall peer rank
20th percentileavg across 6 metrics

Analytics

2021 - 2024
Total assets (EOY)
Plan-year ending balance
$28.27B
Average account balance
Total assets / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$103K
Participants with account balance
Stacked by status: active / separated vested / retired or beneficiary. Total = line 6g.
181,645
Eligible Participants and Participation
Bars: eligible actives (line 6a). Line: derived rate = active employees with a balance / 6a.
0.0%
Contributions (total)
Employer and participant dollars contributed each year
$400.00M
Not enough data
1 years with contributions on file
Contributions per participant
Average employer and participant contribution per enrolled participant
$4K
Not enough data
1 years with per-participant contribution data
Asset flow
BOY + contributions + return - distributions = EOY
Year
Annual return
Diverging bars; negative years highlighted
+0.97%
Admin fee / account holder
Total admin expenses / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$0
Asset composition
Cash / stocks / bonds / mutual funds / real estate / loans over time
  • Mutual / pooled
  • Stocks
  • Bonds
  • Cash
  • Real estate
  • Loans

Service providers

Providers data not reported
Schedule C was not filed on this plan's most recent Form 5500, so no compensated service providers are available to display.

Enrolled actuary

1 attachment
SB

BRIAN J. WALKER, ASA, EA

AON CONSULTING, INC.
Enrollment #2306719
5005 LBJ FREEWAY
14TH FLOOR
DALLAS, TX 75244
(214) 989-2679
Signed 2025-09-12

Top hat statement on fileNQDC

Filed July 29, 2006 (most recent of 4 filings on file)

This is a legacy paper filing. Plan administrator and contact details are recorded in the original filing, which has not been digitised into structured fields.

Plan features & details

Pension benefit codes1A1B1C3F3H
Plan features
  • 1A
    Benefits are primarily pay related
    Benefits under the plan are primarily determined with reference to a participant's pay (e.g. final-average-pay formula).
  • 1B
    Benefits are primarily flat dollar
    Benefits are primarily a flat dollar amount (including a dollar amount per year of service).
  • 1C
    Cash balance or similar plan
    A cash balance formula in a defined benefit plan that expresses the accrued benefit in terms more common to a defined contribution plan such as a hypothetical account balance or single sum amount (includes personal account plan pension equity plan life cycle plan and cash account plan).
  • 3F
    Leased employees
    Plan sponsor(s) received services of leased employees as defined in Code section 414(n) during the plan year.
  • 3H
    Controlled group member
    Plan sponsor(s) is (are) a member(s) of a controlled group (Code sections 414(b) (c) or (m)).

Opportunity flags

2 tripped
  • OpportunityLow returns

    Annual investment return is in the bottom quintile of the peer cohort.

  • InformationalHigh retiree %

    Retirees and beneficiaries make up 25% or more of total participants - indicates an ageing workforce or a frozen plan.

Audit opinion

Schedule H Part III
Unqualified opinion

Auditor signed off without reservation - the cleanest possible opinion.

Auditor firm
FORVIS MAZARS, LLP
Auditor EIN
440160260
Audit fees
(not subdivided)
Opinion code
Unqualified