401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.6B
Total assets Very large vs avg
15,229
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$233,126
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Massmutual Thrift Plan · Sponsored by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company · Massachusetts · Finance & Insurance

$3.6B in assets, 15,229 participants

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company's Massmutual Thrift Plan reported $3.6B in total assets and 15,229 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.

  • #9,198 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Massmutual Thrift Plan covers 15,229 participants in Massachusetts, 23x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $3.6B.

#9,198
in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
-13.9%
assets change YoY
36×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $575M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Massmutual Thrift Plan's outsized position by total assets

Massmutual Thrift Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,550,275,191 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

Massmutual Thrift 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. Massmutual Thrift Plan is a mega filing (15,229 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 041590850 · Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company PY 2022 · 401(k)

Massmutual Thrift Plan · $3.6B · 15,229 · 100th

  • EIN $3.6B
  • RANK 15,229
  • PHOTO 100th
  • IND 401(k)
  • EOY near Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan
  • 5500 ind #9198

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 Massachusetts →

Massmutual Thrift Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Banner Health Employees 401(k) PlanBanner Health Employees 401(…$3.6BPublicis Benefits Connection 401(k) PlanPublicis Benefits Connection…$3.6BPg&e Corporation Retirement Savings PlanPg&e Corporation Retirement …$3.6BMassmutual Thrift Plan$3.6BFirstenergy Corp. Savings PlanFirstenergy Corp. Savings Pl…$3.5B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Massmutual Thrift Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.6B
Net Income-$575M
Employer EIN041590850
Plan Effective Date1974-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7.0B 12.184255137909904% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$6B$6.5B$7B$7.5B 202220232024 $6.23B $6.98B ▲ +12.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 30,601 $6.2B
2023 4 29,481 $6.7B
2024 4 27,323 $7.0B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Massmutual Thrift Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 100002000030000400005000060000 0510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Massmutual Thrift Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.550275191 · Participants: 15229Massmutual Thrift PlanFidelity Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.953563448 · Participants: 52036Fidelity Retirement Savings PlanLiberty Mutual 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.79802945 · Participants: 32843Liberty Mutual 401(k) PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.810585521 · Participants: 13690Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) PlanPhilips North America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.180251859 · Participants: 19750Philips North America 401(k) PlanBoston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.853752256 · Participants: 18359Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Massmutual Thrift Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Massmutual Thrift Plan

Massmutual Thrift Plan reports $3.6B in end-of-year assets across 15,229 participants (0.029% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.016% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $233,126 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$575M.

This plan identity (EIN 041590850, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.6B to $4.3B (+22.0%) while covered participants moved from 15,229 to 13,502 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 15,229 $3.6B This page
2023 14,565 $3.9B Open filing
2024 · index core 13,502 $4.3B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Massmutual Thrift Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan in AZ ($3.6B); by covered participants it is Hewlett Packard Enterprise 401(k)Plan in TX (15,255 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.6B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,229 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 Massmutual Thrift Plan assets move in 2022?
Massmutual Thrift Plan pulled back noticeably - down 13.9% during 2022, from $4.1B to $3.6B. Reported net income was -$575M.
How have Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 12.2%, from $6.2B to $7.0B.
Where does Massmutual Thrift Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Massmutual Thrift 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 Massmutual Thrift Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan in AZ ($3.6B, 50,602 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Massmutual Thrift Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hewlett Packard Enterprise 401(k)Plan in TX (15,255 participants, $7.4B in assets).