Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$5.0B
Total assets
22,597
Participants
100th
Percentile by assets
$222,046
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Nationwide Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company · Ohio · Finance & Insurance

$5.0B in assets, 22,597 participants

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company's Nationwide Retirement Plan reported $5.0B in total assets and 22,597 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.

  • 100th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)

What the 2022 filing shows

Nationwide Retirement Plan holds $5.0B for 22,597 participants - about $222,046 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, down 26.7% over the 2022 plan year.

$5.0B
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
22,597
covered participants
100th
percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
$222,046
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $1.9B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Finance & Insurance

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

What the Filing Says About Nationwide Retirement Plan

Nationwide Retirement Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, headquartered in Ohio. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $5.0B in total end-of-year assets and covers 22,597 participants across the Finance & Insurance industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 314177100, and the plan has been effective since 1946-03-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets declined sharply from $6.8B at the beginning of 2022 to $5.0B at year-end - down 26.7%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $4.9B, with reported net income of -$1.9B driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $11.8B to $12.7B, a gain of 7.9%, while reported participants moved from 46,875 to 47,435 (+1.2%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $12.9B; the softest was 2022 at $11.8B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $11.8B in assets across 2 plans covering 46,875 participants; 2023 - $12.9B in assets across 2 plans covering 47,026 participants; 2024 - $12.7B in assets across 3 plans covering 47,435 participants.

By assets, Nationwide Retirement Plan outranks nearly all the 139,258 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 50x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2022 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (139,258 plans), rank Nationwide Retirement Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$6.8B
Total Assets (End of Year)$5.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$4.9B
Net Income-$1.9B
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN314177100
Plan Effective Date1946-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company)

$11.5B$12B$12.5B$13B$13.5B 202220232024 $11.8B $12.7B ▲ +8.0%
Total plan assets by year, all Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 46,875 $11.8B
2023 2 47,026 $12.9B
2024 3 47,435 $12.7B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Nationwide Retirement Plan?
As of the 2022 Form 5500 filing, Nationwide Retirement Plan holds $5.0B in total assets with 22,597 participants. It is sponsored by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.
What type of plan is Nationwide Retirement Plan?
Nationwide Retirement Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1946-03-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 314177100.
Who sponsors the Nationwide Retirement Plan?
Nationwide Retirement Plan is sponsored by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, located in Ohio. The sponsor's EIN is 314177100 and the plan operates in the Finance & Insurance industry.
How did Nationwide Retirement Plan perform in 2022?
Nationwide Retirement Plan declined sharply - down 26.7% during 2022, moving from $6.8B to $5.0B in total assets. Net income was -$1.9B.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Nationwide Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Nationwide Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
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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 314177100.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

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

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.