401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Lincoln National Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 10,934
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $256,193
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Lnc Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Lincoln National Corporation · Pennsylvania · Management of Enterprises
$2.8B in assets, 10,934 participants
Lincoln National Corporation's Lnc Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan reported $2.8B in total assets and 10,934 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.
- #1,173 in Management of Enterprises (1,193 peers)
Coverage in Pennsylvania
Lnc Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan covers 10,934 participants in Pennsylvania, 13x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $2.8B.
- #1,173
- in Management of Enterprises (1,193 peers)
- -16.3%
- assets change YoY
- 28×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $543M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Lnc Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Lnc Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$2,801,217,746 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
Lnc Employees' 401(k) 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. Lnc Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan is a mega filing (10,934 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 351140070 · Lincoln National Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)
Lnc Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan · $2.8B · 10,934 · 100th
- 5500 $2.8B
- ASSETS 10,934
- PCT 100th
- EIN 401(k)
- RANK near Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees Savings & Investment Plan
- PHOTO ind #1173
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 Management of Enterprises retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →
Lnc Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Pennsylvania filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.8B |
| Net Income | -$543M |
| Employer EIN | 351140070 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1984-04-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Lincoln National Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Lincoln National Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4.3B 18.688546723366382% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 13,224 | $3.6B |
| 2023 | 3 | 13,478 | $4.0B |
| 2024 | 3 | 12,985 | $4.3B |
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 Lnc Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan
Lnc Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan reports $2.8B in end-of-year assets across 10,934 participants (0.023% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.012% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $256,193 per participant (1.9x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$543M.
This plan identity (EIN 351140070, plan #009) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.8B to $3.5B (+25.5%) while covered participants moved from 10,934 to 11,126 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,934 | $2.8B | This page |
| 2023 | 11,410 | $3.2B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 11,126 | $3.5B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Lnc Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $3.5B, 11,126 participants)
- Lincoln National Corporation Retirement Plan for Employees Hired Prior to January 1 2008 (Defined Benefit (Pension), $762M, 1,859 participants)
Lnc Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees Savings & Investment Plan in NY ($2.8B); by covered participants it is American Business Institute Co 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust in NY (10,931 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.8B here).
- Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees Savings & Investment Plan (NY) $2.8B · 4,786
- The 401(k) Plan (TX) $2.8B · 23,898
- Micron Technology Inc. Retirement at Micron (Ram) Plan (ID) $2.8B · 9,161
- The Wegmans Retirement Plans (NY) $2.8B · 39,720
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,934 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- American Business Institute Co 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust (NY) 10,931 · 3 off
- Topbuild Corp. 401(k) Plan (FL) 10,941 · 7 off
- Rent-a-Center, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (TX) 10,953 · 19 off
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Thrift Plan (OK) 10,913 · 21 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.