401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $6.6B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 39,177
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $168,497
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Wholesale Trade
$6.6B in assets, 39,177 participants
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.'s Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan reported $6.6B in total assets and 39,177 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.
- #6,841 in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)
Coverage in Pennsylvania
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan covers 39,177 participants in Pennsylvania, 48x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $6.6B.
- #6,841
- in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)
- -14.5%
- assets change YoY
- 66×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1.1B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$6,601,217,000 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
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) 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. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan is a mega filing (39,177 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 042209186 · Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan · $6.6B · 39,177 · 100th
- 5500 $6.6B
- 5500 39,177
- 5500 100th
- 5500 401(k)
- 5500 near Albertsons Companies 401(k) Plan
- 5500 ind #6841
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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Pennsylvania filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $7.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $6.6B |
| Net Income | -$1.1B |
| Employer EIN | 042209186 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1986-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $11.2B 48.01370530066246% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 41,000 | $7.5B |
| 2023 | 2 | 42,781 | $8.5B |
| 2024 | 2 | 37,667 | $11.2B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan $14.8B · 97,769
- Cigna 401(k) Plan $11.5B · 66,147
- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan $8.1B · 59,451
- The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan $8.1B · 17,073
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan $7.8B · 25,071
Scale composition for Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan reports $6.6B in end-of-year assets across 39,177 participants (0.054% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.042% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $168,497 per participant (1.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.1B.
This plan identity (EIN 042209186, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $6.6B to $10.3B (+55.5%) while covered participants moved from 39,177 to 36,150 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39,177 | $6.6B | This page |
| 2023 | 41,102 | $7.5B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 36,150 | $10.3B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (401(k), $10.3B, 36,150 participants)
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $894M, 1,517 participants)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Albertsons Companies 401(k) Plan in CA ($6.6B); by covered participants it is Aimbridge Parent, Inc. 401(k) Plan in TX (39,196 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($6.6B here).
- Albertsons Companies 401(k) Plan (CA) $6.6B · 205,022
- Schwabplan Retirement Savings and Investment Plan (TX) $6.6B · 31,841
- Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. Employees' Capital Accumulation Plan (VA) $6.6B · 32,018
- Retirement Savings Plan (DE) $6.6B · 9,866
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (39,177 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Aimbridge Parent, Inc. 401(k) Plan (TX) 39,196 · 19 off
- Kaiser Permanente Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan II (CA) 39,137 · 40 off
- Iu Health 401(k) Savings Plan (IN) 39,243 · 66 off
- Honeywell 401(k) Plan (NC) 39,007 · 170 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.