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Changelog

A dated record of real changes to PlainRetire's dataset: corrections, data refreshes, and features. See the editorial & corrections policy for how reports are verified. We never backfill or invent an entry; a gap between dates means nothing changed.

See the editorial & corrections policy for how reports are verified, and the methodology page for how the dataset is built. Plan-year filing movement (matched Form 5500 pairs) is tracked separately on what changed.

  1. Correction

    Fixed every plan link generated from the rankings tables. A precomputed table used the wrong field to build plan-detail links, so clicking any plan from the rankings pages silently redirected to a generic list page instead of the plan itself. All 402,674 plan links now resolve to the correct page.

  2. Correction

    Fixed the homepage's structured-data "last modified" date, which was hardcoded to a stale value instead of reflecting the actual date the underlying DOL Form 5500 dataset was last refreshed.

  3. Correction

    Fixed a site-wide label that described the total plan count as specific to plan year 2023; the figure has always covered all plan years on record, not one year in particular. The label now accurately describes what the number counts.

Found an error? Report a data issue and we'll verify it against the source filing and, if confirmed, fix it at the source and log it here.

Open extract wired into this page's Dataset JSON-LD: plainretire-state-retirement-plan-stats.csv.

Changelog entries are dated real events corroborated against git history. Gaps between dates mean nothing material changed; we never invent or backfill entries. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.