Findings from the Form 5500 files
Each finding answers one question about the whole market with a table for all states, or for the largest plans and providers. A program writes the sentences from the figures with fixed rules. Plan year 2024 is the latest full year.
- Median employer contributions by state, plan year 2024
In plan year 2024, the median employer contribution was highest in the District of Columbia ($4,638) and lowest in Puerto Rico ($1,020).
- Plans whose filing shows no employer contributions, by state
5,663 of 67,965 defined contribution plans with a Schedule H show no employer contributions in their latest filing: 8.3%.
- Change in plan net assets by state, 2023 to 2024
Net assets of plans with 100 or more participants rose in 52 of 52 states and territories from plan year 2023 to 2024.
- The 100 retirement plans with the most participants
Walmart 401(k) Plan has the most participants of the plans on this site: 1,996,659 in its filing for plan year 2025.
- Service providers named by the most plans, plan year 2024
Fidelity Investments Institutional is on Schedule C of 11,565 plans for plan year 2024, the most of any organisation.
Each month, the edition of November 2026 keeps the first rows of these tables as they are. Every monthly edition.