401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Skywest, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $952M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 16,878
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $56,389
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Skywest, Inc. · Utah · Transportation & Warehousing
$952M in assets, 16,878 participants
Skywest, Inc.'s Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan reported $952M in total assets and 16,878 participants in its 2022 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.
- #3,808 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
Coverage in Utah
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan covers 16,878 participants in Utah, 29x the typical Utah plan (state average ~592 per filing). Assets: $952M.
- #3,808
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,876 peers)
- -21.2%
- assets change YoY
- 9.5×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $257M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$951,734,159 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan is a mega filing (16,878 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 870292166 · Skywest, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan · $952M · 16,878 · 99th
- RANK $952M
- RANK 16,878
- RANK 99th
- RANK 401(k)
- RANK near Sargent & Lundy Savings Investment Plan
- RANK ind #3808
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 Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Utah →
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Utah filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $952M |
| Net Income | -$257M |
| Employer EIN | 870292166 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1977-04-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Skywest, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Skywest, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.4B 49.206828983848624% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 16,878 | $952M |
| 2023 | 1 | 15,411 | $1.2B |
| 2024 | 1 | 14,259 | $1.4B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Utah
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Deseret 401(k) Plan $4.7B · 23,455
- Intermountain Healthcare Savings Plus 401(k) Plan $3.6B · 42,446
- Zions Bancorporation, N.a. Payshelter 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan $1.5B · 9,870
- Autoliv Asp, Inc. Employee Savings and Investment Plan $588M · 4,068
- Rio Tinto America Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan and Investment Partnership Plan $517M · 1,480
Scale composition for Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan reports $952M in end-of-year assets across 16,878 participants (0.008% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.018% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $56,389 per participant (41% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$257M.
This plan identity (EIN 870292166, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $952M to $1.4B (+49.2%) while covered participants moved from 16,878 to 14,259 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16,878 | $952M | This page |
| 2023 | 15,411 | $1.2B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 14,259 | $1.4B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan (401(k), $1.4B, 14,259 participants)
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Utah, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Sargent & Lundy Savings Investment Plan in IL ($951M); by covered participants it is Teamhealth 401(k) Plan in TN (16,899 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($952M here).
- Sargent & Lundy Savings Investment Plan (IL) $951M · 2,234
- Eog Resources, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan (TX) $949M · 2,728
- Bimbo Bakeries USA Savings Plan (PA) $948M · 6,610
- Mckee Foods Retirement Plan (TN) $956M · 6,881
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (16,878 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Teamhealth 401(k) Plan (TN) 16,899 · 21 off
- Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan (PA) 16,910 · 32 off
- The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan (MI) 16,930 · 52 off
- Ilwu-Pma Savings (401(k)) Plan (CA) 16,930 · 52 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.