401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
SANFORD 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.4B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 30,145
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $81,223
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Sanford Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by SANFORD · North Dakota · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$2.4B in assets, 30,145 participants
SANFORD's Sanford Retirement Savings Plan reported $2.4B in total assets and 30,145 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.
- #20,004 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
Coverage in North Dakota
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan covers 30,145 participants in North Dakota, 60x the typical North Dakota plan (state average ~504 per filing). Assets: $2.4B.
- #20,004
- in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
- -14.0%
- assets change YoY
- 25×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $416M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$2,448,470,251 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
Sanford 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. Sanford Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (30,145 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 271218956 · SANFORD PY 2022 · 401(k)
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan · $2.4B · 30,145 · 100th
- VS-ST $2.4B
- BOY 30,145
- SCH 100th
- EBSA 401(k)
- PART near Dillard's, Inc. Investment & Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- TYPE ind #20004
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 Healthcare & Social Assistance retirement plans → · Plans in North Dakota →
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
North Dakota filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.4B |
| Net Income | -$416M |
| Employer EIN | 271218956 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2011-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (SANFORD)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All SANFORD plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.6B 37.08702205547847% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 36,661 | $2.6B |
| 2023 | 2 | 35,983 | $3.1B |
| 2024 | 2 | 35,876 | $3.6B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Dakota
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Mdu Resources Group, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan $1.3B · 8,525
- Dakotas Areawide IBEW-NECA Savings and Retirement Plan $446M · 3,784
- Eide Bailly LLP 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan $411M · 2,612
- Offutt Companies 401(k) Savings Plan $403M · 5,088
- Altru Health System Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) $399M · 3,100
Scale composition for Sanford Retirement Savings Plan
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan reports $2.4B in end-of-year assets across 30,145 participants (0.020% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.032% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $81,223 per participant (59% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$416M.
This plan identity (EIN 271218956, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.4B to $3.6B (+47.1%) while covered participants moved from 30,145 to 31,958 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30,145 | $2.4B | This page |
| 2023 | 30,495 | $3.1B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 31,958 | $3.6B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Sanford Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $3.6B, 31,958 participants)
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside North Dakota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Dillard's, Inc. Investment & Employee Stock Ownership Plan in AR ($2.4B); by covered participants it is Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan in DC (29,923 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.4B here).
- Dillard's, Inc. Investment & Employee Stock Ownership Plan (AR) $2.4B · 30,577
- The Hy-Vee and Affiliates 401(k) Plan (IA) $2.4B · 59,826
- U.S. Associate Savings Plan (NJ) $2.5B · 13,112
- Nvidia Corporation 401(k) Plan (CA) $2.5B · 10,860
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (30,145 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan (DC) 29,923 · 222 off
- AT&T Savings and Security Plan (TX) 30,467 · 322 off
- Edustaff, LLC 401(k) Plan (MI) 30,488 · 343 off
- Savings and Supplemental Retirement Plan of Novant Health, Inc. (NC) 29,747 · 398 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.