401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Willis Towers Watson US LLC 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.6B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 16,624
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $216,982
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Willis Towers Watson Savings Plan for U.S. Employees · Sponsored by Willis Towers Watson US LLC · Virginia · Professional & Technical Services
$3.6B in assets, 16,624 participants
Willis Towers Watson US LLC's Willis Towers Watson Savings Plan for U.S. Employees reported $3.6B in total assets and 16,624 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.
- #21,526 in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
Willis Towers Watson Savings Plan for U.S. Employees covers 16,624 participants in Virginia, 21x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $3.6B.
- #21,526
- in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)
- -19.2%
- assets change YoY
- 36×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $881M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Willis Towers Watson Savings Plan for U.S. Employees's outsized position by total assets
Willis Towers Watson Savings Plan for U.S. Employees vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$3,607,115,613 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
Willis Towers Watson Savings Plan for U.S. Employees'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. Willis Towers Watson Savings Plan for U.S. Employees is a mega filing (16,624 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 530181291 · Willis Towers Watson US LLC PY 2022 · 401(k)
Willis Towers Watson Savings Plan for U.S. Employees · $3.6B · 16,624 · 100th
- BOY $3.6B
- BOY 16,624
- BOY 100th
- BOY 401(k)
- BOY near Northwestern Memorial Employee 401(k) Pre-Tax Savings Plan
- BOY ind #21526
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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Virginia →
Willis Towers Watson Savings Plan for U.S. Employees in the asset neighbourhood
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $4.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.6B |
| Net Income | -$881M |
| Employer EIN | 530181291 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1973-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Willis Towers Watson US LLC)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Willis Towers Watson US LLC plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $7.3B 9.236180031719446% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 27,366 | $6.7B |
| 2023 | 2 | 27,538 | $7.2B |
| 2024 | 3 | 27,187 | $7.3B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northrop Grumman Savings Plan $32.6B · 92,420
- 401(k) Pension Plan $13.0B · 61,481
- General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 $9.6B · 36,822
- Leidos, Inc. Retirement Plan $8.7B · 26,125
- Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan $8.2B · 31,556
Scale composition for Willis Towers Watson Savings Plan for U.S. Employees
Willis Towers Watson Savings Plan for U.S. Employees reports $3.6B in end-of-year assets across 16,624 participants (0.029% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.018% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $216,982 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$881M.
This plan identity (EIN 530181291, plan #005) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.6B to $4.5B (+23.9%) while covered participants moved from 16,624 to 16,510 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16,624 | $3.6B | This page |
| 2023 | 16,806 | $4.1B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 16,510 | $4.5B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Willis Towers Watson Savings Plan for U.S. Employees (401(k), $4.5B, 16,510 participants)
- Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.8B, 10,677 participants)
Willis Towers Watson Savings Plan for U.S. Employees's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Northwestern Memorial Employee 401(k) Pre-Tax Savings Plan in IL ($3.6B); by covered participants it is Air Liquide & Airgas 401(k) Plan in TX (16,614 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.6B here).
- Northwestern Memorial Employee 401(k) Pre-Tax Savings Plan (IL) $3.6B · 31,855
- Eversource 401(k) Plan (CT) $3.6B · 9,111
- McDonald's Corporation 401(k) Plan (IL) $3.6B · 20,788
- Tiaa Code Section 401(k) Plan (NY) $3.6B · 11,872
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (16,624 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Air Liquide & Airgas 401(k) Plan (TX) 16,614 · 10 off
- Pg&e Corp. Retirement Savings Plan for Union-Represented Employees (CA) 16,603 · 21 off
- Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. 401(k) (FL) 16,650 · 26 off
- Genesis Administrative Services 401(k) Plan #1 (PA) 16,594 · 30 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.