401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Bae Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $8.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 31,556
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $260,901
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan · Sponsored by Bae Systems, Inc. · Virginia · Manufacturing
$8.2B in assets, 31,556 participants
Bae Systems, Inc.'s Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan reported $8.2B in total assets and 31,556 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.
- #20,541 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan covers 31,556 participants in Virginia, 40x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $8.2B.
- #20,541
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -18.0%
- assets change YoY
- 83×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1.8B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan's outsized position by total assets
Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$8,232,987,243 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
Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment 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. Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan is a mega filing (31,556 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 223537950 · Bae Systems, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan · $8.2B · 31,556 · 100th
- ASSETS $8.2B
- ASSETS 31,556
- ASSETS 100th
- ASSETS 401(k)
- ASSETS near Marriott Retirement Savings Plan
- ASSETS ind #20541
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 Virginia →
Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $10.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $8.2B |
| Net Income | -$1.8B |
| Employer EIN | 223537950 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1987-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bae Systems, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Bae Systems, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $14.3B 15.142836159256245% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 39,412 | $12.4B |
| 2023 | 2 | 39,354 | $12.8B |
| 2024 | 3 | 44,583 | $14.3B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northrop Grumman Savings Plan $32.6B · 92,420
- 401(k) Pension Plan $13.0B · 61,481
- General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 $9.6B · 36,822
- Leidos, Inc. Retirement Plan $8.7B · 26,125
- Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. Employees' Capital Accumulation Plan $6.6B · 32,018
Scale composition for Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan
Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan reports $8.2B in end-of-year assets across 31,556 participants (0.067% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.034% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $260,901 per participant (1.9x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.8B.
This plan identity (EIN 223537950, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $8.2B to $10.6B (+29.0%) while covered participants moved from 31,556 to 32,246 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31,556 | $8.2B | This page |
| 2023 | 31,681 | $9.4B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 32,246 | $10.6B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan (401(k), $10.6B, 32,246 participants)
- Bae Systems Employees' Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $3.2B, 8,058 participants)
- Bae Space & Mission Systems Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $417M, 4,279 participants)
Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Marriott Retirement Savings Plan in MD ($8.3B); by covered participants it is Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan in PA (31,670 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($8.2B here).
- Marriott Retirement Savings Plan (MD) $8.3B · 82,576
- U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan (MN) $8.3B · 67,646
- Nokia Savings/401(k) Plan (NJ) $8.2B · 7,340
- The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan (OH) $8.3B · 44,890
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (31,556 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan (PA) 31,670 · 114 off
- Exelon Corporation Employee Savings Plan (IL) 31,774 · 218 off
- Schwabplan Retirement Savings and Investment Plan (TX) 31,841 · 285 off
- Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan (NJ) 31,257 · 299 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.