401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Centene Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.2B
Total assets Very large vs avg
49,060
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$66,031
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Centene Corporation · Missouri · Finance & Insurance

$3.2B in assets, 49,060 participants

Centene Corporation's Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan reported $3.2B in total assets and 49,060 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.

  • #9,190 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)

Coverage in Missouri

Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan covers 49,060 participants in Missouri, 67x the typical Missouri plan (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $3.2B.

#9,190
in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
-13.1%
assets change YoY
33×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $486M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$3,239,485,944 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Centene Management Corporation Retirement 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. Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan is a mega filing (49,060 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 391864073 · Centene Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)

Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan · $3.2B · 49,060 · 100th

  • EBSA $3.2B
  • PART 49,060
  • TYPE 100th
  • NET 401(k)
  • BOOK near Tyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
  • VS-ST ind #9190

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 Missouri →

Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Iu Health 401(k) Savings Plan$3.2BCentene Management Corporation Retirement PlanCentene Management Corporati…$3.2BTyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanTyson Foods, Inc. Retirement…$3.2BStarbucks Corporation 401(k) PlanStarbucks Corporation 401(k)…$3.2B401(k) Savings and Investment Plan401(k) Savings and Investmen…$3.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Missouri filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.7B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.2B
Net Income-$486M
Employer EIN391864073
Plan Effective Date1989-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Centene Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Centene Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4.7B 45.51171972521902% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B$5B 202220232024 $3.25B $4.73B ▲ +45.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 49,062 $3.2B
2023 2 53,848 $4.1B
2024 2 53,786 $4.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Missouri

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 10000200003000040000500006000070000 246810 Total assets ($B) Participants Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.239485944 · Participants: 49060Centene Management Corporation Retirement PlanBayer Corporation Savings and Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.183956862 · Participants: 18917Bayer Corporation Savings and Retirement PlanEdward D. Jones & Co. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.685677709 · Participants: 47923Edward D. Jones & Co. Profit Sharing and 401(k) PlanEnterprise Holdings Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.500937056 · Participants: 59568Enterprise Holdings Retirement Savings PlanAnheuser-Busch 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.061778 · Participants: 14556Anheuser-Busch 401(k) Savings and Retirement PlanEmerson Electric Company Employee Savings Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.993892906 · Participants: 14241Emerson Electric Company Employee Savings Investment Plan
Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan

Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan reports $3.2B in end-of-year assets across 49,060 participants (0.026% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.052% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $66,031 per participant (48% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$486M.

This plan identity (EIN 391864073, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.2B to $4.7B (+45.6%) while covered participants moved from 49,060 to 53,760 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 49,060 $3.2B This page
2023 53,822 $4.0B Open filing
2024 · index core 53,760 $4.7B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Missouri, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Tyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in AR ($3.2B); by covered participants it is Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in NJ (49,521 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.2B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (49,060 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 13.1% during 2022, from $3.7B to $3.2B. Reported net income was -$486M.
How have Centene Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Centene Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 45.5%, from $3.2B to $4.7B.
Where does Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Tyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in AR ($3.2B, 109,234 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in NJ (49,521 participants, $327M in assets).