401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 10,065
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $174,991
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by The Hershey Company · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing
$1.8B in assets, 10,065 participants
The Hershey Company's The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan reported $1.8B in total assets and 10,065 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- #20,349 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Pennsylvania
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan covers 10,065 participants in Pennsylvania, 12x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $1.8B.
- #20,349
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -17.4%
- assets change YoY
- 18×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $370M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,761,280,554 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 Hershey Company 401(k) 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 Hershey Company 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (10,065 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 230691590 · The Hershey Company PY 2022 · 401(k)
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan · $1.8B · 10,065 · 99th
- RANK $1.8B
- PHOTO 10,065
- IND 99th
- EOY 401(k)
- 5500 near Fedex Corporation Retirement Savings Plan II
- ASSETS ind #20349
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 Pennsylvania →
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Pennsylvania filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.8B |
| Net Income | -$370M |
| Employer EIN | 230691590 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1985-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Hershey Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Hershey Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.9B 11.883862972141115% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 12,923 | $2.6B |
| 2023 | 5 | 14,683 | $2.8B |
| 2024 | 4 | 14,048 | $2.9B |
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 Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan $8.1B · 17,073
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan $7.8B · 25,071
Scale composition for The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan reports $1.8B in end-of-year assets across 10,065 participants (0.014% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $174,991 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$370M.
This plan identity (EIN 230691590, plan #010) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.8B to $2.1B (+21.1%) while covered participants moved from 10,065 to 11,492 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,065 | $1.8B | This page |
| 2023 | 10,921 | $2.0B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 11,492 | $2.1B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan (401(k), $2.1B, 11,492 participants)
- The Hershey Company Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $730M, 2,280 participants)
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Fedex Corporation Retirement Savings Plan II in TN ($1.8B); by covered participants it is Barclays 401(k) Plan in NY (10,071 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.8B here).
- Fedex Corporation Retirement Savings Plan II (TN) $1.8B · N/A
- Global Payments Inc. 401(k) Plan (GA) $1.8B · 14,044
- Campbell Soup Company 401(k) Retirement Plan (NJ) $1.8B · 13,809
- Novo Nordisk Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (NJ) $1.8B · 5,770
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,065 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Barclays 401(k) Plan (NY) 10,071 · 6 off
- Mantech International 401(k) Plan (VA) 10,057 · 8 off
- Kemper Corporation 401(k) Retirement Plan (IL) 10,087 · 22 off
- Usic 401(k) Savings Plan (IN) 10,036 · 29 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.