2024 plan-year Industry rank #6 of 21 DOL Form 5500

Information & Media Retirement Plans

2,937 ERISA-covered retirement plans in the Information & Media industry, holding $647.6B for 3,023,012 participants per 2024 Form 5500 filings.

$647.6B across 2,937 plans

According to DOL Form 5500 filings (plan year 2024), the Information & Media industry sponsors 2,937 ERISA-covered retirement plans holding $647.6B for 3,023,012 participants, ranking #6 of 21 industries by plan assets, with 83.9% structured as 401(k)s.

  • #6 of 21 industries
  • 83.9% 401(k) plans

The industry in one line

Information & Media sponsors 2,937 ERISA-covered retirement plans holding $647.6B for 3,023,012 participants, the 6th-largest industry by plan assets.

$647.6B
total plan assets
2,937
employer plans
$220M
average plan size
83.9%
of plans are 401(k)s
Plans
2,937
401(k) Plans
2,465
83.9% of plans
Total Assets
$647.6B
Participants
3,023,012

What the Information & Media Industry Plan Filings Show

The Information & Media industry sponsors 2,937 ERISA-covered retirement plans according to 2024 Form 5500 filings, ranking #6 of 21 industries on PlainRetire by total plan assets. Within the industry, 83.9% of plans are 401(k) defined-contribution arrangements (2,465 plans), with the remainder split across defined-benefit pension plans, profit-sharing arrangements, ESOPs, and money-purchase plans. The average plan in Information & Media holds $220M in end-of-year assets and covers 1,029 participants.

Industry-level totals reflect aggregate sponsor disclosures on Form 5500 Schedule H and Schedule I and provide a useful frame for benchmarking individual employer plans. They are not a substitute for plan-specific Summary Plan Description review when evaluating any single plan. Industry classification is self-reported by sponsors based on the primary economic activity of the sponsoring employer. Plans whose sponsor industry has changed across years (mergers, restructurings) carry the most-recent classification on file.

Plan Type Breakdown (Information & Media)

Plan Type Plans Participants Total Assets
401(k) 2,465 2,347,049 $511.9B
Defined Benefit (Pension) 183 432,141 $120.3B
Profit Sharing 117 208,364 $9.8B
Other 52 15,692 $2.6B
ESOP 104 12,868 $2.2B
Money Purchase 16 6,898 $729M

Largest Information & Media Plans by Assets

Top 30 Information & Media retirement plans ranked by 2024 end-of-year total assets.

# Plan Sponsor State Type Participants Assets
1 Microsoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) Plan Microsoft Corporation WA 401(k) 118,818 $65.6B
2 Google LLC 401(k) Savings Plan Google LLC CA 401(k) 116,712 $48.7B
3 AT&T Retirement Savings Plan AT&T Inc. TX 401(k) 109,889 $43.1B
4 Verizon Savings Plan for Management Employees Verizon Communications Inc. NJ 401(k) 69,218 $29.4B
5 AT&T Pension Benefit Plan AT&T Inc. TX Defined Benefit (Pension) 100,400 $28.3B
6 Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan Comcast Corporation PA 401(k) 90,495 $19.7B
7 Meta Platforms, Inc 401(k) Plan Meta Platforms, Inc. CA 401(k) 51,434 $16.5B
8 Disney Savings and Investment Plan Twdc Enterprises 18 Corp. CA 401(k) 49,567 $12.7B
9 Disney Salaried Pension Plan D Twdc Enterprises 18 Corp. CA Defined Benefit (Pension) 9,984 $10.4B
10 Qualcomm Incorporated Employee Savings and Retirement Plan Qualcomm Incorporated CA 401(k) 13,777 $9.7B
11 Salesforce 401(k) Plan Salesforce, Inc. CA 401(k) 36,689 $9.1B
12 T-Mobile USA, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Trust T-Mobile USA, Inc. WA 401(k) 66,624 $9.1B
13 Charter Communications, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan Charter Communications, Inc. NC 401(k) 102,013 $8.9B
14 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 401(k)Plan Hewlett Packard Enterprise TX 401(k) 15,164 $8.8B
15 Cox Enterprises, Inc. 401(k) Plan Cox Enterprises, Inc. GA 401(k) 45,347 $8.1B
16 Lumen 401(k) Savings Plan Lumen Technologies, Inc. LA 401(k) 26,319 $7.3B
17 Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan Automatic Data Processing, Inc. NJ 401(k) 34,557 $7.3B
18 Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan Cox Enterprises, Inc. GA Defined Benefit (Pension) 22,501 $7.1B
19 Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan) Paramount Global NY 401(k) 17,755 $6.4B
20 Motion Picture Industry Individual Account Plan Board of Directors, Motion Picture Industry Pension CA Profit Sharing 67,842 $6.2B
21 Motion Picture Industry Pension Plan Board of Directors, Motion Picture Industry Pension CA Defined Benefit (Pension) 62,656 $5.9B
22 Verizon Savings & Security Plan for New York and New England Associates Verizon Communications Inc. NJ 401(k) 12,658 $5.8B
23 The 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan of S&p Global Inc. and Its Subsidiaries S&p Global, Inc. NY 401(k) 10,615 $5.7B
24 Verizon Pension Plan for Associates Verizon Communications Inc. NJ Defined Benefit (Pension) 22,644 $5.7B
25 Screen Actors Guild - Producers Pension Plan Board of Trustees Screen Actors Guild - Producers CA Defined Benefit (Pension) 31,823 $5.3B
26 Adobe Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan Adobe Inc. CA 401(k) 14,863 $5.0B
27 Thomson Reuters 401(k) Savings Plan Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc. MN 401(k) 8,868 $4.5B
28 Lumen Combined Pension Plan Lumen Technologies, Inc. LA Defined Benefit (Pension) 10,043 $4.3B
29 Disney Salaried Pension Plan a Twdc Enterprises 18 Corp. CA Defined Benefit (Pension) 4,209 $4.2B
30 Relx Inc. US Salary Investment Plan Relx Inc. NY 401(k) 14,111 $4.2B

Nationwide industries with similar retirement plan scale

Two DOL Form 5500-derived peer sets for Information & Media: nearest tracked industries by plan filing count (2,937 plans here) and nearest by aggregate plan assets ($647.6B here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar plan count

Nearest other industries by reported employer plan filings.

Similar total assets

Nearest other industries by aggregate end-of-year plan assets (plan-count peers above are excluded).

Questions about Information & Media plans

How many retirement plans are in the Information & Media industry? ▼
Information & Media sponsors 2,937 ERISA-covered retirement plans according to 2024 Form 5500 filings, including 2,465 401(k) plans (83.9% of plans in the industry). Total assets across all plans in the industry sum to $647.6B, covering 3,023,012 participants.
What's the average plan size in the Information & Media industry? ▼
The average Information & Media retirement plan holds $220M in assets and covers 1,029 participants. This is an arithmetic mean across all 2,937 plans in the industry, actual plan sizes vary widely, with a small number of very large plans pulling the average up. See the table above for the largest plans by assets.
Where does this industry data come from? ▼
Industry classification comes from each plan sponsor's Form 5500 filing with the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). Sponsors self-classify into one of approximately 20 industry categories based on the primary economic activity of the sponsoring employer. The category labels follow the DOL plan-sponsor industry taxonomy.
What plan types are most common in the Information & Media industry? ▼
In Information & Media, the most common plan type by total assets is 401(k) (2,465 plans, $511.9B in assets). Other common types include: Defined Benefit (Pension) (183), Profit Sharing (117), Other (52).

Related guides

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Explore from Information & Media

Retail Trade

Closest peer by total plan assets ($564.5B, 8,594 plans)
Microsoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) Plan

Largest Information & Media plan on file · $65.6B
401(k)

Dominant type here by assets · 2,465 plans, $511.9B
All industries

Industry #6 of 21 by total Form 5500 plan assets

What to do with Information & Media plan data

2,937 plans across the Information & Media sector offer a baseline for benchmarking your own plan.

Industry classification is self-reported by plan sponsors on Form 5500. Plans may span multiple sectors.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor EBSA Form 5500 public-disclosure dataset, 2024 plan year. Industry classification self-reported by sponsors.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-25.