401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
AT&T Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $37.6B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 144,503
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $260,056
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: AT&T Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by AT&T Inc. · Texas · Information & Media
$37.6B in assets, 144,503 participants
AT&T Inc.'s AT&T Retirement Savings Plan reported $37.6B in total assets and 144,503 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.
- #2,909 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
Coverage in Texas
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan covers 144,503 participants in Texas, 210x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $37.6B.
- #2,909
- in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
- -30.1%
- assets change YoY
- 377×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $9.8B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$37,578,871,000 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
AT&T 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. AT&T Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (144,503 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 431301883 · AT&T Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan · $37.6B · 144,503 · 100th
- ASSETS $37.6B
- ASSETS 144,503
- ASSETS 100th
- ASSETS 401(k)
- ASSETS near JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan
- ASSETS ind #2909
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 Texas →
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $53.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $37.6B |
| Net Income | -$9.8B |
| Employer EIN | 431301883 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1969-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (AT&T Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All AT&T Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $73.8B 8.550747591630927% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 294,690 | $80.7B |
| 2023 | 5 | 254,657 | $72.2B |
| 2024 | 5 | 235,723 | $73.8B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- 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
- Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan $10.1B · 37,508
Scale composition for AT&T Retirement Savings Plan
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan reports $37.6B in end-of-year assets across 144,503 participants (0.30% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.15% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $260,056 per participant (1.9x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$9.8B.
This plan identity (EIN 431301883, plan #009) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $37.6B to $43.1B (+14.8%) while covered participants moved from 144,503 to 109,889 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 144,503 | $37.6B | This page |
| 2023 | 119,854 | $40.0B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 109,889 | $43.1B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $43.1B, 109,889 participants)
- AT&T Pension Benefit Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $28.3B, 100,400 participants)
- AT&T Savings and Security Plan (401(k), $2.3B, 25,236 participants)
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan in NJ ($36.8B); by covered participants it is Real Estate Commission Retirement Savings Plan in NY (148,954 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($37.6B here).
- JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan (NJ) $36.8B · 168,280
- Walmart 401(k) Plan (AR) $36.7B · 1,687,830
- 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 (144,503 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Real Estate Commission Retirement Savings Plan (NY) 148,954 · 4,451 off
- Kelly Retirement Savings Plan (MI) 136,581 · 7,922 off
- Kaiser Permanente 401(k) Retirement Plan (CA) 131,955 · 12,548 off
- The Pepsico Savings Plan (NY) 129,846 · 14,657 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.