401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
The Vanguard Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $8.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 17,073
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $474,273
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan · Sponsored by The Vanguard Group, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Finance & Insurance
$8.1B in assets, 17,073 participants
The Vanguard Group, Inc.'s The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan reported $8.1B in total assets and 17,073 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.
- #9,240 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
Coverage in Pennsylvania
The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan covers 17,073 participants in Pennsylvania, 21x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $8.1B.
- #9,240
- in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
- -14.4%
- assets change YoY
- 81×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1.4B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$8,097,254,785 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
The Vanguard Retirement and 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. The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan is a mega filing (17,073 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 231945930 · The Vanguard Group, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan · $8.1B · 17,073 · 100th
- EBSA $8.1B
- PART 17,073
- TYPE 100th
- NET 401(k)
- BOOK near Nokia Savings/401(k) Plan
- VS-ST ind #9240
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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →
The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Pennsylvania filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $9.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $8.1B |
| Net Income | -$1.4B |
| Employer EIN | 231945930 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1982-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Vanguard Group, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Vanguard Group, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $11.1B 36.896008663756035% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 17,073 | $8.1B |
| 2023 | 1 | 18,200 | $9.8B |
| 2024 | 1 | 18,066 | $11.1B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan $14.8B · 97,769
- Cigna 401(k) Plan $11.5B · 66,147
- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan $8.1B · 59,451
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan $7.8B · 25,071
- Gsk 401(k) Plan $7.0B · 14,527
Scale composition for The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan
The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan reports $8.1B in end-of-year assets across 17,073 participants (0.066% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.018% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $474,273 per participant (3.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.4B.
This plan identity (EIN 231945930, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $8.1B to $11.1B (+36.9%) while covered participants moved from 17,073 to 18,066 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17,073 | $8.1B | This page |
| 2023 | 18,200 | $9.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 18,066 | $11.1B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan (401(k), $11.1B, 18,066 participants)
The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Nokia Savings/401(k) Plan in NJ ($8.2B); by covered participants it is Gxo Logistics 401(k) Plan in CT (17,083 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($8.1B here).
- Nokia Savings/401(k) Plan (NJ) $8.2B · 7,340
- The Travelers 401(k) Savings Plan (MN) $8.0B · 27,710
- McKinsey & Company, Inc. (Psrp) Profit Sharing Retirement Plan (NY) $8.0B · 14,349
- Southwest Airlines Co. 401(k) Plan (TX) $8.0B · 50,590
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (17,073 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Gxo Logistics 401(k) Plan (CT) 17,083 · 10 off
- Favorite Healthcare Staffing 401(k) Plan (KS) 17,091 · 18 off
- General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented Employees (VA) 17,018 · 55 off
- Trane Technologies Employee Savings Plan (Esp) (NC) 17,017 · 56 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.