401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Becton, Dickinson and Company 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$5.4B
Total assets Very large vs avg
24,730
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$216,558
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bd 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Becton, Dickinson and Company · New Jersey · Manufacturing

$5.4B in assets, 24,730 participants

Becton, Dickinson and Company's Bd 401(k) Plan reported $5.4B in total assets and 24,730 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #18,620 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in New Jersey

Bd 401(k) Plan covers 24,730 participants in New Jersey, 29x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $5.4B.

#18,620
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+15.1%
assets growth YoY
54×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Bd 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Bd 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$5,355,467,590 Highest reported value at or above every one of 127,068 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 2023

Bd 401(k) 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. Bd 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (24,730 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Bd 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$827M in the plan year 2022 filing to $659M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bd 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $5.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bd 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 24,483 in the plan year 2022 filing to 24,730 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 220760120 · Becton, Dickinson and Company PY 2023 · 401(k)

Bd 401(k) Plan · $5.4B · 24,730 · 100th

  • EOY $5.4B
  • 5500 24,730
  • ASSETS 100th
  • PCT 401(k)
  • EIN near Constellation Employee Savings Plan
  • RANK ind #18620

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 New Jersey →

Bd 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Huntington Ingalls Industries Savings PlanHuntington Ingalls Industrie…$5.5BTakeda Pharmaceutical U.S.a., Inc. Savings and Retirement PlanTakeda Pharmaceutical U.S.a.…$5.5BBd 401(k) Plan$5.4BConstellation Employee Savings PlanConstellation Employee Savin…$5.3BThe 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan of S&p Global Inc. and Its SubsidiariesThe 401(k) Savings and Profi…$5.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Bd 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New Jersey filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4.7B
Net Assets (End of Year)$5.4B
Net Income$659M
Employer EIN220760120
Plan Effective Date1974-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Becton, Dickinson and Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Becton, Dickinson and Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7.4B 19.866108644638025% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$6B$6.5B$7B$7.5B$8B 202220232024 $6.18B $7.41B ▲ +19.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 36,078 $6.2B
2023 2 34,568 $7.0B
2024 2 31,343 $7.4B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New Jersey

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

Bd 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Bd 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.35546759 · Participants: 24730Bd 401(k) PlanJPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 44.552237022 · Participants: 176610JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings PlanVerizon Savings Plan for Management Employees, Total assets ($B): 27.825640157 · Participants: 78072Verizon Savings Plan for Management EmployeesJohnson and Johnson Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.177853595 · Participants: 41291Johnson and Johnson Savings PlanErnst & Young Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.543526764 · Participants: 59346Ernst & Young Retirement Savings PlanMerck US Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.424416176 · Participants: 26850Merck US Savings Plan
Bd 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants
Compare Bd 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Bd 401(k) Plan

Bd 401(k) Plan reports $5.4B in end-of-year assets across 24,730 participants (0.043% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.026% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $216,558 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $659M.

This plan identity (EIN 220760120, plan #011) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $4.7B to $5.8B (+25.5%) while covered participants moved from 24,483 to 22,688 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 24,483 $4.7B Open filing
2023 24,730 $5.4B This page
2024 · index core 22,688 $5.8B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

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

Outside New Jersey, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Constellation Employee Savings Plan in PA ($5.3B); by covered participants it is The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. Savings Plan in NY (24,739 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (24,730 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Bd 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Bd 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 15.1% during 2023, from $4.7B to $5.4B. Reported net income was $659M.
How have Becton, Dickinson and Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Becton, Dickinson and Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 19.9%, from $6.2B to $7.4B.
Where does Bd 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bd 401(k) Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Bd 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Constellation Employee Savings Plan in PA ($5.3B, 13,499 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bd 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. Savings Plan in NY (24,739 participants, $3.7B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 220760120.

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.