401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $730M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 14,070
- Participants Very large workforce
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $51,899
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Dish Network Corporation · Colorado · Information & Media
$730M in assets, 14,070 participants
Dish Network Corporation's Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan reported $730M in total assets and 14,070 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- #2,827 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
Coverage in Colorado
Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan covers 14,070 participants in Colorado, 37x the typical Colorado plan (state average ~376 per filing). Assets: $730M.
- #2,827
- in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
- -22.8%
- assets change YoY
- 7.3×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $215M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$730,223,865 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Dish Network Corporation 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. Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (14,070 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 880336997 · Dish Network Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)
Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan · $730M · 14,070 · 98th
- ASSETS $730M
- ASSETS 14,070
- ASSETS 98th
- ASSETS 401(k)
- ASSETS near IBEW Local Union No. 126 Retirement Plan
- ASSETS ind #2827
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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Colorado →
Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Colorado filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $945M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $730M |
| Net Income | -$215M |
| Employer EIN | 880336997 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1983-12-30 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Dish Network Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Dish Network Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.6B 124.63881456407893% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 14,070 | $730M |
| 2023 | 1 | 13,820 | $806M |
| 2024 | 1 | 12,420 | $1.6B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Colorado
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Davita Retirement Savings Plan $2.8B · 57,172
- Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan $2.5B · 10,671
- Scl Health 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan $1.5B · 12,642
- Woodward Retirement Savings Plan $1.5B · 5,046
- Empower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings Plan $1.5B · 7,741
Scale composition for Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan
Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan reports $730M in end-of-year assets across 14,070 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $51,899 per participant (38% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$215M.
This plan identity (EIN 880336997, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $730M to $1.6B (+124.6%) while covered participants moved from 14,070 to 12,420 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14,070 | $730M | This page |
| 2023 | 13,820 | $806M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 12,420 | $1.6B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan (401(k), $1.6B, 12,420 participants)
Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Colorado, the nearest 401(k) by assets is IBEW Local Union No. 126 Retirement Plan in PA ($730M); by covered participants it is Parkview Health System, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in IN (14,064 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($730M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (14,070 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Parkview Health System, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (IN) 14,064 · 6 off
- P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc. 401(k) Plan (AZ) 14,093 · 23 off
- Global Payments Inc. 401(k) Plan (GA) 14,044 · 26 off
- Sanderson Farms, Inc. and Affiliates 401(k) Plan (MS) 14,034 · 36 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.