401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
57,377
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$21,858
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Tesla, Inc. · California · Manufacturing

$1.3B in assets, 57,377 participants

Tesla, Inc.'s Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $1.3B in total assets and 57,377 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #20,264 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in California

Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 57,377 participants in California, 91x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.

#20,264
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
+5.2%
assets growth YoY
13×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,254,160,619 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Tesla, Inc. 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. Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (57,377 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 912197729 · Tesla, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $1.3B · 57,377 · 99th

  • EOY $1.3B
  • EOY 57,377
  • EOY 99th
  • EOY 401(k)
  • EOY near Grant Thornton LLP 401(k) Savings Plan
  • EOY ind #20264

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 California →

Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Grant Thornton LLP 401(k) Savings PlanGrant Thornton LLP 401(k) Sa…$1.3BKbrwyle Technology 401(k) PlanKbrwyle Technology 401(k) Pl…$1.3BTesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan$1.3BEvergy, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanEvergy, Inc. 401(k) Savings …$1.3BEncompass Health Corporation Retirement Investment PlanEncompass Health Corporation…$1.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income$62M
Employer EIN912197729
Plan Effective Date2004-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Tesla, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Tesla, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.5B 96.42802864949469% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.5B$2B$2.5B$3B 202220232024 $1.25B $2.46B ▲ +96.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 57,377 $1.3B
2023 1 74,647 $1.9B
2024 1 80,827 $2.5B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000250000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.254160619 · Participants: 57377Tesla, Inc. 401(k) PlanWells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 45.765616608 · Participants: 205865Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 28.89820221 · Participants: 102963Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.851716605 · Participants: 46320Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanChevron Employee Savings Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.60989746 · Participants: 19946Chevron Employee Savings Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.361585903 · Participants: 54672Intel 401(k) Savings Plan
Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $1.3B in end-of-year assets across 57,377 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.061% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $21,858 per participant (16% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was $62M.

This plan identity (EIN 912197729, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.3B to $2.5B (+96.4%) while covered participants moved from 57,377 to 80,827 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 57,377 $1.3B This page
2023 74,647 $1.9B Open filing
2024 · index core 80,827 $2.5B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Grant Thornton LLP 401(k) Savings Plan in IL ($1.3B); by covered participants it is GE Retirement Savings Plan in CT (57,522 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (57,377 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 Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.2% during 2022, from $1.2B to $1.3B. Reported net income was $62M.
How have Tesla, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Tesla, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 96.4%, from $1.3B to $2.5B.
Where does Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 99th 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 Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Grant Thornton LLP 401(k) Savings Plan in IL ($1.3B, 7,772 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Tesla, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is GE Retirement Savings Plan in CT (57,522 participants, $24.8B 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 912197729.

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.