401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Sas Institute Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.8B
Total assets Very large vs avg
5,967
Participants Above avg headcount
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$476,749
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sas Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Sas Institute Inc. · North Carolina · Professional & Technical Services

$2.8B in assets, 5,967 participants

Sas Institute Inc.'s Sas Retirement Plan reported $2.8B in total assets and 5,967 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.

  • #21,516 in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)

Coverage in North Carolina

Sas Retirement Plan covers 5,967 participants in North Carolina, 7.3x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~819 per filing). Assets: $2.8B.

#21,516
in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)
-21.5%
assets change YoY
29×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $781M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Sas Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sas Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,844,761,857 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Sas Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sas Retirement Plan lands in the large band (5,967 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 561133017 · Sas Institute Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Sas Retirement Plan · $2.8B · 5,967 · 100th

  • EIN $2.8B
  • RANK 5,967
  • PHOTO 100th
  • IND 401(k)
  • EOY near Cintas Partners' Plan
  • 5500 ind #21516

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 North Carolina →

Sas Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Kaiser Permanente Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan IIIKaiser Permanente Tax Shelte…$2.9BCintas Partners' Plan$2.9BSas Retirement Plan$2.8BThe Wegmans Retirement Plans$2.8BMicron Technology Inc. Retirement at Micron (Ram) PlanMicron Technology Inc. Retir…$2.8B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Sas Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

North Carolina filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.6B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.8B
Net Income-$781M
Employer EIN561133017
Plan Effective Date1976-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sas Institute Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sas Institute Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.7B 29.09522183599778% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.5B$3B$3.5B$4B 202220232024 $2.84B $3.67B ▲ +29.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 5,967 $2.8B
2023 1 6,254 $3.3B
2024 1 6,175 $3.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Carolina

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

Sas Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Sas Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.844761857 · Participants: 5967Sas Retirement PlanThe Bank of America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 47.134026012 · Participants: 169036The Bank of America 401(k) PlanHoneywell 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.565715066 · Participants: 39007Honeywell 401(k) PlanDuke Energy Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.364902 · Participants: 27731Duke Energy Retirement Savings PlanTruist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.965353965 · Participants: 51871Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings PlanLowes 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.355936526 · Participants: 284864Lowes 401(k) Plan
Sas Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Sas Retirement Plan

Sas Retirement Plan reports $2.8B in end-of-year assets across 5,967 participants (0.023% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $476,749 per participant (3.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$781M.

This plan identity (EIN 561133017, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.8B to $3.7B (+29.1%) while covered participants moved from 5,967 to 6,175 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 5,967 $2.8B This page
2023 6,254 $3.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 6,175 $3.7B Open filing

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

Sas Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Cintas Partners' Plan in OH ($2.9B); by covered participants it is Xpressavings 401(k) Plan in TN (5,966 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.8B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,967 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 Sas Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Sas Retirement Plan declined sharply - down 21.5% during 2022, from $3.6B to $2.8B. Reported net income was -$781M.
How have Sas Institute Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sas Institute Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 29.1%, from $2.8B to $3.7B.
Where does Sas Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sas Retirement Plan ranks in the 100th 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 Sas Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Cintas Partners' Plan in OH ($2.9B, 44,764 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sas Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Xpressavings 401(k) Plan in TN (5,966 participants, $100M in assets).