401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $4.9B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 18,359
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $264,380
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Boston Scientific Corporation · Massachusetts · Manufacturing
$4.9B in assets, 18,359 participants
Boston Scientific Corporation's Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported $4.9B in total assets and 18,359 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #20,504 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Massachusetts
Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan covers 18,359 participants in Massachusetts, 28x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $4.9B.
- #20,504
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -14.0%
- assets change YoY
- 49×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $824M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$4,853,752,256 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings 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. Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (18,359 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 042695240 · Boston Scientific Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)
Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · $4.9B · 18,359 · 100th
- BOY $4.9B
- SCH 18,359
- EBSA 100th
- PART 401(k)
- TYPE near The Consolidated Edison Thrift Savings Plan
- NET ind #20504
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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →
Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Massachusetts filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $5.6B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.9B |
| Net Income | -$824M |
| Employer EIN | 042695240 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1987-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Boston Scientific Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Boston Scientific Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $6.8B 39.58868746596365% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 18,359 | $4.9B |
| 2023 | 1 | 19,881 | $5.8B |
| 2024 | 1 | 20,639 | $6.8B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Fidelity Retirement Savings Plan $23.0B · 52,036
- Liberty Mutual 401(k) Plan $8.8B · 32,843
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan $5.8B · 13,690
- Philips North America 401(k) Plan $5.2B · 19,750
- State Street Salary Savings Program $4.8B · 12,421
Scale composition for Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reports $4.9B in end-of-year assets across 18,359 participants (0.039% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.020% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $264,380 per participant (1.9x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$824M.
This plan identity (EIN 042695240, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $4.9B to $6.8B (+39.6%) while covered participants moved from 18,359 to 20,639 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18,359 | $4.9B | This page |
| 2023 | 19,881 | $5.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 20,639 | $6.8B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $6.8B, 20,639 participants)
Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Consolidated Edison Thrift Savings Plan in NY ($4.9B); by covered participants it is The Coca-Cola Bottlers Assn 401(k) Ret Sav Plan in GA (18,369 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.9B here).
- The Consolidated Edison Thrift Savings Plan (NY) $4.9B · 13,782
- Edison 401(k) Savings Plan (CA) $4.9B · 12,970
- Employees Savings and Retirement Plan of Credit Suisse (NY) $4.9B · 7,119
- Verizon Savings & Security Plan for New York and New England Associates (NJ) $4.9B · 13,933
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,359 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Coca-Cola Bottlers Assn 401(k) Ret Sav Plan (GA) 18,369 · 10 off
- The Caci Smart Plan (VA) 18,339 · 20 off
- Annuity Fund of Local No. One, I. a. T. S. E. (NY) 18,383 · 24 off
- Raising Cane's Retirement Savings Plan (TX) 18,330 · 29 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.