401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
The Board of Trustees of the Communications Workers of America - 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $342M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 9,380
- Participants Very large workforce
- 97th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $36,508
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Communications Workers of America Savings and Retirement Trust · Sponsored by The Board of Trustees of the Communications Workers of America - · District of Columbia · Information & Media
$342M in assets, 9,380 participants
The Board of Trustees of the Communications Workers of America -'s Communications Workers of America Savings and Retirement Trust reported $342M in total assets and 9,380 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- #2,760 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
Coverage in District of Columbia
Communications Workers of America Savings and Retirement Trust covers 9,380 participants in District of Columbia, 6.4x the typical District of Columbia plan (state average ~1,456 per filing). Assets: $342M.
- #2,760
- in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
- -18.3%
- assets change YoY
- 3.4×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $77M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Communications Workers of America Savings and Retirement Trust's outsized position by total assets
Communications Workers of America Savings and Retirement Trust vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$342,444,789 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Communications Workers of America Savings and Retirement Trust's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Communications Workers of America Savings and Retirement Trust lands in the large band (9,380 participants).
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 521137722 · The Board of Trustees of the Communications Workers of America - PY 2022 · 401(k)
Communications Workers of America Savings and Retirement Trust · $342M · 9,380 · 97th
- 5500 $342M
- ASSETS 9,380
- PCT 97th
- EIN 401(k)
- RANK near Belk 401(k) Savings Plan
- PHOTO ind #2760
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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in District of Columbia →
Communications Workers of America Savings and Retirement Trust in the asset neighbourhood
District of Columbia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $419M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $342M |
| Net Income | -$77M |
| Employer EIN | 521137722 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1976-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Board of Trustees of the Communications Workers of America -)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Board of Trustees of the Communications Workers of America - plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $453M 32.375248671107684% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 9,380 | $342M |
| 2023 | 1 | 9,925 | $401M |
| 2024 | 1 | 10,438 | $453M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in District of Columbia
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan $5.9B · 29,923
- Revised Profit Sharing Plan for Emp. of Geico $5.1B · 41,527
- Federal National Mortgage Association Retirement Savings Plan for Employees $3.2B · 7,402
- Finra Savings Plus Plan $1.8B · 3,697
- Hogan Lovells US LLP Retirement Savings Plan $1.3B · 1,883
Scale composition for Communications Workers of America Savings and Retirement Trust
Communications Workers of America Savings and Retirement Trust reports $342M in end-of-year assets across 9,380 participants (0.003% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $36,508 per participant (26% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$77M.
This plan identity (EIN 521137722, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $342M to $453M (+32.4%) while covered participants moved from 9,380 to 10,438 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9,380 | $342M | This page |
| 2023 | 9,925 | $401M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 10,438 | $453M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Communications Workers of America Savings and Retirement Trust (401(k), $453M, 10,438 participants)
Communications Workers of America Savings and Retirement Trust's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside District of Columbia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Belk 401(k) Savings Plan in NC ($342M); by covered participants it is Servicenow, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA (9,375 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($342M here).
- Belk 401(k) Savings Plan (NC) $342M · 21,340
- Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (IL) $343M · 9,392
- Communications & Power Industries Retirement Plan (CA) $343M · 1,908
- Docusign, Inc. 401(k) Plan (CA) $342M · 4,475
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,380 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Servicenow, Inc. 401(k) Plan (CA) 9,375 · 5 off
- Altec, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (AL) 9,386 · 6 off
- Topgolf 401(k) Plan (TX) 9,373 · 7 off
- Uber Technologies, Inc. 401(k) Plan (CA) 9,373 · 7 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.