401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Metlife Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $7.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 13,762
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $511,947
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Metlife 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Metlife Group, Inc. · New Jersey · Finance & Insurance
$7.0B in assets, 13,762 participants
Metlife Group, Inc.'s Metlife 401(k) Plan reported $7.0B in total assets and 13,762 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.
- #9,233 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
Metlife 401(k) Plan covers 13,762 participants in New Jersey, 16x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $7.0B.
- #9,233
- in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
- -13.1%
- assets change YoY
- 71×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1.3B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Metlife 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Metlife 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$7,045,409,376 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Metlife 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. Metlife 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (13,762 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 550790010 · Metlife Group, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Metlife 401(k) Plan · $7.0B · 13,762 · 100th
- NET $7.0B
- BOOK 13,762
- VS-ST 100th
- BOY 401(k)
- SCH near The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Salary Deferral Plan
- EBSA ind #9233
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 New Jersey →
Metlife 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $8.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $7.0B |
| Net Income | -$1.3B |
| Employer EIN | 550790010 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1970-05-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Metlife Group, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Metlife Group, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $16.2B 8.30680678404103% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 25,731 | $15.0B |
| 2023 | 2 | 26,894 | $15.6B |
| 2024 | 2 | 27,980 | $16.2B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in New Jersey
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan $36.8B · 168,280
- Verizon Savings Plan for Management Employees $25.2B · 76,788
- Johnson and Johnson Savings Plan $21.2B · 43,271
- Pfizer Savings Plan $17.8B · 27,796
- Ernst & Young Retirement Savings Plan $12.4B · 52,975
Scale composition for Metlife 401(k) Plan
Metlife 401(k) Plan reports $7.0B in end-of-year assets across 13,762 participants (0.057% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $511,947 per participant (3.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.3B.
This plan identity (EIN 550790010, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $7.0B to $8.3B (+18.0%) while covered participants moved from 13,762 to 14,717 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13,762 | $7.0B | This page |
| 2023 | 14,594 | $7.7B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 14,717 | $8.3B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Metlife 401(k) Plan (401(k), $8.3B, 14,717 participants)
- Metlife Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $7.9B, 13,263 participants)
Metlife 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Salary Deferral Plan in CA ($7.0B); by covered participants it is Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and Subsidiaries Employees Retirement Plan in AK (13,757 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7.0B here).
- The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Salary Deferral Plan (CA) $7.0B · 19,110
- Gsk 401(k) Plan (PA) $7.0B · 14,527
- Bp Employee Savings Plan (TX) $6.9B · 8,831
- Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan (NC) $6.9B · 21,030
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,762 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and Subsidiaries Employees Retirement Plan (AK) 13,757 · 5 off
- The Consolidated Edison Thrift Savings Plan (NY) 13,782 · 20 off
- Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel Retirement Savings Plan (CA) 13,733 · 29 off
- The Rsm US LLP Retirement Plan (IA) 13,793 · 31 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.