401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Walmart Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $36.7B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 1,687,830
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $21,772
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Walmart 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Walmart Inc. · Arkansas · Retail Trade
$36.7B in assets, 1,687,830 participants
Walmart Inc.'s Walmart 401(k) Plan reported $36.7B in total assets and 1,687,830 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.
- #9,519 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
Coverage in Arkansas
Walmart 401(k) Plan covers 1,687,830 participants in Arkansas, 606x the typical Arkansas plan (state average ~2,784 per filing). Assets: $36.7B.
- #9,519
- in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
- -4.4%
- assets change YoY
- 369×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1.7B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Walmart 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Walmart 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$36,747,577,034 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
Walmart 401(k) 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. Walmart 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (1,687,830 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 710415188 · Walmart Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Walmart 401(k) Plan · $36.7B · 1,687,830 · 100th
- NET $36.7B
- BOOK 1,687,830
- VS-ST 100th
- BOY 401(k)
- SCH near JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan
- EBSA ind #9519
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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Arkansas →
Walmart 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Arkansas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $38.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $36.7B |
| Net Income | -$1.7B |
| Employer EIN | 710415188 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1997-02-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Walmart Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Walmart Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $51.0B 38.27859845408385% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 1,699,758 | $36.9B |
| 2023 | 3 | 1,622,263 | $41.7B |
| 2024 | 3 | 1,647,043 | $51.0B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Arkansas
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Tyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan $3.2B · 109,234
- Dillard's, Inc. Investment & Employee Stock Ownership Plan $2.4B · 30,577
- J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Employee Retirement Plan $1.1B · 34,174
- Windstream 401(k) Plan $1.1B · 10,984
- Arvest Bank 401(k) & Profit Sharing Retirement Plan $694M · 6,394
Scale composition for Walmart 401(k) Plan
Walmart 401(k) Plan reports $36.7B in end-of-year assets across 1,687,830 participants (0.30% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 1.80% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $21,772 per participant (16% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.7B.
This plan identity (EIN 710415188, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $36.7B to $50.8B (+38.2%) while covered participants moved from 1,687,830 to 1,635,899 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,687,830 | $36.7B | This page |
| 2023 | 1,611,202 | $41.5B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 1,635,899 | $50.8B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Walmart 401(k) Plan (401(k), $50.8B, 1,635,899 participants)
- Walmart Puerto Rico 401(k) Plan (401(k), $180M, 10,907 participants)
Walmart 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Arkansas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan in NJ ($36.8B); by covered participants it is Amazon 401(k) Plan in WA (1,230,308 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($36.7B here).
- JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan (NJ) $36.8B · 168,280
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan (TX) $37.6B · 144,503
- Microsoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) Plan (WA) $39.6B · 109,797
- Northrop Grumman Savings Plan (VA) $32.6B · 92,420
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,687,830 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Amazon 401(k) Plan (WA) 1,230,308 · 457,522 off
- Express Employment Professionals 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (OK) 562,246 · 1,125,584 off
- The Teamster-UPS National 401(k) Tax Deferred Savings Plan (GA) 549,610 · 1,138,220 off
- The Home Depot Futurebuilder (GA) 423,174 · 1,264,656 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.