401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

General Electric Company 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$24.8B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
57,522
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$430,910
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: GE Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by General Electric Company · Connecticut · Manufacturing

$24.8B in assets, 57,522 participants

General Electric Company's GE Retirement Savings Plan reported $24.8B in total assets and 57,522 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.

  • #20,595 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Connecticut

GE Retirement Savings Plan covers 57,522 participants in Connecticut, 80x the typical Connecticut plan (state average ~718 per filing). Assets: $24.8B.

#20,595
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-18.3%
assets change YoY
249×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $5.5B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

GE Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

GE Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$24,786,830,027 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

GE 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. GE Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (57,522 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 140689340 · General Electric Company PY 2022 · 401(k)

GE Retirement Savings Plan · $24.8B · 57,522 · 100th

  • 5500 $24.8B
  • ASSETS 57,522
  • PCT 100th
  • EIN 401(k)
  • RANK near Verizon Savings Plan for Management Employees
  • PHOTO ind #20595

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 Connecticut →

GE Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Costco 401(k) Retirement Plan$25.9BVerizon Savings Plan for Management EmployeesVerizon Savings Plan for Man…$25.2BGE Retirement Savings Plan$24.8BCVS Health Future Fund 401(k) PlanCVS Health Future Fund 401(k…$24.2BFidelity Retirement Savings PlanFidelity Retirement Savings …$23.0B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among GE Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Connecticut filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$30.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$24.8B
Net Income-$5.5B
Employer EIN140689340
Plan Effective Date1958-11-28
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (General Electric Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All General Electric Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$33.8B 51.625413484145454% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0B$20B$40B$60B$80B 202220232024 $69.8B $33.8B ▼ -51.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 82,148 $69.8B
2023 1 59,766 $19.5B
2024 2 55,257 $33.8B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Connecticut

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

GE Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 0102030405060 Total assets ($B) Participants GE Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.786830027 · Participants: 57522GE Retirement Savings PlanUnited Technologies Corporation Employee Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.916975 · Participants: 55762United Technologies Corporation Employee Savings PlanCiti Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.438946034 · Participants: 70070Citi Retirement Savings PlanThe Hartford Investment and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.615003 · Participants: 17724The Hartford Investment and Savings PlanXerox Corporation Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.641347 · Participants: 11876Xerox Corporation Savings PlanEversource 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.6075204 · Participants: 9111Eversource 401(k) Plan
GE Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants
Compare GE Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for GE Retirement Savings Plan

GE Retirement Savings Plan reports $24.8B in end-of-year assets across 57,522 participants (0.20% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.061% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $430,910 per participant (3.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$5.5B.

This plan identity (EIN 140689340, plan #334) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $24.8B to $14.7B (-40.5%) while covered participants moved from 57,522 to 45,620 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 57,522 $24.8B This page
2023 59,766 $19.5B Open filing
2024 · index core 45,620 $14.7B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

GE Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Connecticut, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Verizon Savings Plan for Management Employees in NJ ($25.2B); by covered participants it is Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA (57,377 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($24.8B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (57,522 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 GE Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
GE Retirement Savings Plan declined sharply - down 18.3% during 2022, from $30.3B to $24.8B. Reported net income was -$5.5B.
How have General Electric Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), General Electric Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 51.6%, from $69.8B to $33.8B.
Where does GE Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
GE 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 GE Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Verizon Savings Plan for Management Employees in NJ ($25.2B, 76,788 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to GE Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA (57,377 participants, $1.3B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 140689340.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.