401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Waste Management, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 38,026
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $84,163
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Waste Management, Inc. · Texas · Administrative & Support Services
$3.2B in assets, 38,026 participants
Waste Management, Inc.'s Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan reported $3.2B in total assets and 38,026 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.
- #4,926 in Administrative & Support Services (4,927 peers)
Coverage in Texas
Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan covers 38,026 participants in Texas, 55x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $3.2B.
- #4,926
- in Administrative & Support Services (4,927 peers)
- -14.9%
- assets change YoY
- 32×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $559M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$3,200,371,710 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
Waste Management 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. Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (38,026 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 731309529 · Waste Management, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan · $3.2B · 38,026 · 100th
- BOOK $3.2B
- BOOK 38,026
- BOOK 100th
- BOOK 401(k)
- BOOK near Adobe Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- BOOK ind #4926
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 Administrative & Support Services retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →
Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.2B |
| Net Income | -$559M |
| Employer EIN | 731309529 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1981-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Waste Management, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Waste Management, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4.1B 27.380319300472756% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 38,026 | $3.2B |
| 2023 | 1 | 39,493 | $3.7B |
| 2024 | 1 | 38,676 | $4.1B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan $37.6B · 144,503
- Exxonmobil Savings Plan $21.3B · 23,619
- Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan $13.8B · 38,538
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan $12.8B · 85,577
- Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan $12.0B · 47,532
Scale composition for Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan
Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan reports $3.2B in end-of-year assets across 38,026 participants (0.026% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.040% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $84,163 per participant (61% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$559M.
This plan identity (EIN 731309529, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.2B to $4.1B (+27.4%) while covered participants moved from 38,026 to 38,676 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 38,026 | $3.2B | This page |
| 2023 | 39,493 | $3.7B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 38,676 | $4.1B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $4.1B, 38,676 participants)
Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Adobe Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in CA ($3.2B); by covered participants it is 401(k) Plan for G4s North America in CA (38,078 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.2B here).
- Adobe Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (CA) $3.2B · 13,253
- Kraft Heinz Savings Plan (PA) $3.2B · 13,689
- Federal National Mortgage Association Retirement Savings Plan for Employees (DC) $3.2B · 7,402
- Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP (MN) $3.2B · 18,274
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (38,026 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- 401(k) Plan for G4s North America (CA) 38,078 · 52 off
- Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan (CA) 38,315 · 289 off
- Brightspring Health Services Retirement Savings Plan (KY) 37,521 · 505 off
- Jbs 401(k) Savings Plan (CO) 37,313 · 713 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.