Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$824M
Total assets
3,058
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$269,395
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory · Illinois · Professional & Technical Services

$824M in assets, 3,058 participants

Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory's Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan reported $824M in total assets and 3,058 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • 99th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)

What the 2022 filing shows

Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan holds $824M for 3,058 participants - about $269,395 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, down 15.0% over the 2022 plan year.

$824M
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
3,058
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
$269,395
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $146M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Professional & Technical Services

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

What the Filing Says About Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan

Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory, headquartered in Illinois. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $824M in total end-of-year assets and covers 3,058 participants across the Professional & Technical Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 680628477, and the plan has been effective since 1994-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets declined sharply from $969M at the beginning of 2022 to $824M at year-end - down 15.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $824M, with reported net income of -$146M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $2.3B to $2.7B, a gain of 19.7%, while reported participants moved from 6,722 to 7,243 (+7.8%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $2.7B; the softest was 2022 at $2.3B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $2.3B in assets across 2 plans covering 6,722 participants; 2023 - $2.5B in assets across 2 plans covering 6,894 participants; 2024 - $2.7B in assets across 2 plans covering 7,243 participants.

By assets, Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan outranks 99% of the 139,258 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 8.2x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2022 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (139,258 plans), rank Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$969M
Total Assets (End of Year)$824M
Net Assets (End of Year)$824M
Net Income-$146M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN680628477
Plan Effective Date1994-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory)

$2.2B$2.4B$2.6B$2.8B 202220232024 $2.25B $2.7B ▲ +20.0%
Total plan assets by year, all Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 6,722 $2.3B
2023 2 6,894 $2.5B
2024 2 7,243 $2.7B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan?
As of the 2022 Form 5500 filing, Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan holds $824M in total assets with 3,058 participants. It is sponsored by Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory.
What type of plan is Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan?
Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1994-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 680628477.
Who sponsors the Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan?
Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan is sponsored by Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory, located in Illinois. The sponsor's EIN is 680628477 and the plan operates in the Professional & Technical Services industry.
How did Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan perform in 2022?
Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan declined sharply - down 15.0% during 2022, moving from $969M to $824M in total assets. Net income was -$146M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan's numbers.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 680628477.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.