401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Pfizer Inc 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $17.8B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 27,796
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $641,417
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Pfizer Savings Plan · Sponsored by Pfizer Inc · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$17.8B in assets, 27,796 participants
Pfizer Inc's Pfizer Savings Plan reported $17.8B in total assets and 27,796 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.
- #20,584 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
Pfizer Savings Plan covers 27,796 participants in New Jersey, 33x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $17.8B.
- #20,584
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -17.9%
- assets change YoY
- 179×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $3.9B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Pfizer Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Pfizer Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$17,828,820,505 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
Pfizer 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. Pfizer Savings Plan is a mega filing (27,796 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 135315170 · Pfizer Inc PY 2022 · 401(k)
Pfizer Savings Plan · $17.8B · 27,796 · 100th
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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 New Jersey →
Pfizer Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $21.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $17.8B |
| Net Income | -$3.9B |
| Employer EIN | 135315170 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1965-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Pfizer Inc)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Pfizer Inc plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $32.0B 10.856170522511556% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 39,879 | $28.8B |
| 2023 | 4 | 39,678 | $30.6B |
| 2024 | 4 | 42,215 | $32.0B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in New Jersey
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan $36.8B · 168,280
- Verizon Savings Plan for Management Employees $25.2B · 76,788
- Johnson and Johnson Savings Plan $21.2B · 43,271
- Ernst & Young Retirement Savings Plan $12.4B · 52,975
- Merck US Savings Plan $11.5B · 25,956
Scale composition for Pfizer Savings Plan
Pfizer Savings Plan reports $17.8B in end-of-year assets across 27,796 participants (0.14% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.030% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $641,417 per participant (4.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$3.9B.
This plan identity (EIN 135315170, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $17.8B to $22.0B (+23.3%) while covered participants moved from 27,796 to 33,309 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27,796 | $17.8B | This page |
| 2023 | 30,033 | $19.6B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 33,309 | $22.0B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Pfizer Savings Plan (401(k), $22.0B, 33,309 participants)
- Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $10.0B, 8,876 participants)
Pfizer Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Amazon 401(k) Plan in WA ($17.7B); by covered participants it is Duke Energy Retirement Savings Plan in NC (27,731 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($17.8B here).
- Amazon 401(k) Plan (WA) $17.7B · 1,230,308
- General Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United States (MI) $18.1B · 43,382
- Citi Retirement Savings Plan (CT) $17.4B · 70,070
- Intel 401(k) Savings Plan (CA) $18.4B · 54,672
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (27,796 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Duke Energy Retirement Savings Plan (NC) 27,731 · 65 off
- The Travelers 401(k) Savings Plan (MN) 27,710 · 86 off
- The Cargill Partnership Plan (MN) 27,564 · 232 off
- Luxottica Group Tax Incentive Savings Plan (OH) 28,029 · 233 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.