401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Skywest, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 15,411
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $77,397
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Skywest, Inc. · Utah · Transportation & Warehousing
$1.2B in assets, 15,411 participants
Skywest, Inc.'s Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan reported $1.2B in total assets and 15,411 participants in its 2023 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.
- #3,295 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
Coverage in Utah
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan covers 15,411 participants in Utah, 26x the typical Utah plan (state average ~592 per filing). Assets: $1.2B.
- #3,295
- in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
- +25.3%
- assets growth YoY
- 12×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$1,192,769,515 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan is a mega filing (15,411 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$257M in the plan year 2022 filing to $241M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $952M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.2B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 16,878 in the plan year 2022 filing to 15,411 in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 870292166 · Skywest, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan · $1.2B · 15,411 · 99th
- IND $1.2B
- EOY 15,411
- 5500 99th
- ASSETS 401(k)
- PCT near Barrick Retirement Plan
- EIN ind #3295
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 Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Utah →
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Utah filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $952M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.2B |
| Net Income | $241M |
| Employer EIN | 870292166 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1977-04-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Skywest, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Skywest, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.4B 49.206828983848624% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 16,878 | $952M |
| 2023 | 1 | 15,411 | $1.2B |
| 2024 | 1 | 14,259 | $1.4B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Utah
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Intermountain Healthcare Savings Plus 401(k) Plan $6.0B · 46,680
- Deseret 401(k) Plan $5.5B · 24,292
- Zions Bancorporation, N.a. Payshelter 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan $1.7B · 10,088
- Autoliv Asp, Inc. Employee Savings and Investment Plan $634M · 4,537
- Rio Tinto America Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan and Investment Partnership Plan $615M · 1,802
Scale composition for Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan reports $1.2B in end-of-year assets across 15,411 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.016% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $77,397 per participant (56% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $241M.
This plan identity (EIN 870292166, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $952M to $1.4B (+49.2%) while covered participants moved from 16,878 to 14,259 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16,878 | $952M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 15,411 | $1.2B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 14,259 | $1.4B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan (401(k), $1.4B, 14,259 participants)
Skywest, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Utah, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Barrick Retirement Plan in NV ($1.2B); by covered participants it is Chubb US 401(k) Plan in PA (15,407 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.2B here).
- Barrick Retirement Plan (NV) $1.2B · 6,964
- Point32health 401(k) Plan (MA) $1.2B · 4,349
- Rr Donnelley Savings Plan (IL) $1.2B · 13,018
- Discount Tire/America's Tire Retirement Plan (AZ) $1.2B · 13,184
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,411 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Chubb US 401(k) Plan (PA) 15,407 · 4 off
- Safelite Group Associates' Retirement Savings Plan (OH) 15,420 · 9 off
- Vmware Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (CA) 15,375 · 36 off
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Hourly Employee Savings Plan Plus (MD) 15,472 · 61 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.