401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Nucor Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$6.9B
Total assets Very large vs avg
21,030
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$328,307
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Nucor Corporation · North Carolina · Manufacturing

$6.9B in assets, 21,030 participants

Nucor Corporation's Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan reported $6.9B in total assets and 21,030 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.

  • #20,532 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in North Carolina

Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan covers 21,030 participants in North Carolina, 26x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~819 per filing). Assets: $6.9B.

#20,532
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-8.3%
assets change YoY
69×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $768M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$6,904,286,956 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

Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and 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. Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (21,030 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 131860817 · Nucor Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)

Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan · $6.9B · 21,030 · 100th

  • EBSA $6.9B
  • PART 21,030
  • TYPE 100th
  • NET 401(k)
  • BOOK near Bp Employee Savings Plan
  • VS-ST ind #20532

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 North Carolina →

Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Gsk 401(k) Plan$7.0BBp Employee Savings Plan$6.9BNucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings PlanNucor Corporation Profit Sha…$6.9BDeferred Salary Plan of the Electrical IndustryDeferred Salary Plan of the …$6.9BSanofi U.S. Group Savings PlanSanofi U.S. Group Savings Pl…$6.8B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

North Carolina filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$6.8B
Net Income-$768M
Employer EIN131860817
Plan Effective Date1985-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Nucor Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Nucor Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$9.4B 35.17551238190092% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$6B$7B$8B$9B$10B 202220232024 $6.93B $9.36B ▲ +35.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 21,253 $6.9B
2023 2 24,329 $8.5B
2024 2 27,192 $9.4B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Carolina

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

Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100000200000300000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.904286956 · Participants: 21030Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings PlanThe Bank of America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 47.134026012 · Participants: 169036The Bank of America 401(k) PlanHoneywell 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.565715066 · Participants: 39007Honeywell 401(k) PlanDuke Energy Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.364902 · Participants: 27731Duke Energy Retirement Savings PlanTruist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.965353965 · Participants: 51871Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings PlanLowes 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.355936526 · Participants: 284864Lowes 401(k) Plan
Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan

Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan reports $6.9B in end-of-year assets across 21,030 participants (0.056% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.022% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $328,307 per participant (2.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$768M.

This plan identity (EIN 131860817, plan #334) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $6.9B to $9.3B (+35.4%) while covered participants moved from 21,030 to 27,070 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 21,030 $6.9B This page
2023 24,174 $8.5B Open filing
2024 · index core 27,070 $9.3B Open filing

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

Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Bp Employee Savings Plan in TX ($6.9B); by covered participants it is Ubs 401(k) Plan Trust in NJ (21,046 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($6.9B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (21,030 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 Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2022?
Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan pulled back noticeably - down 8.3% during 2022, from $7.5B to $6.9B. Reported net income was -$768M.
How have Nucor Corporation plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Nucor Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 35.2%, from $6.9B to $9.4B.
Where does Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings 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 Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Bp Employee Savings Plan in TX ($6.9B, 8,831 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ubs 401(k) Plan Trust in NJ (21,046 participants, $7.4B in assets).