ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Parsons Corporation ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.8B
Total assets Very large vs avg
7,871
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$477,331
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Parsons Corporation · California · Professional & Technical Services

$3.8B in assets, 7,871 participants

Parsons Corporation's Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $3.8B in total assets and 7,871 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.

  • #20,285 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Coverage in California

Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 7,871 participants in California, 12x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $3.8B.

#20,285
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+27.4%
assets growth YoY
38×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,757,068,542 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

Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (7,871 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $582M in the plan year 2022 filing to $806M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.9B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 7,804 in the plan year 2022 filing to 7,871 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 953232481 · Parsons Corporation PY 2023 · ESOP

Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $3.8B · 7,871 · 100th

  • NET $3.8B
  • NET 7,871
  • NET 100th
  • NET ESOP
  • NET near Schreiber Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • NET ind #20285

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 What is an ESOP? → · Plans in California →

Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Winco Employee Stock Ownership PlanWinco Employee Stock Ownersh…$4.7BAmsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership PlanAmsted Industries Incorporat…$4.4BParsons Employee Stock Ownership PlanParsons Employee Stock Owner…$3.8BSchreiber Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanSchreiber Foods, Inc. Employ…$3.6BSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanSchweitzer Engineering Labor…$3.0B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.9B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.8B
Net Income$806M
Employer EIN953232481
Plan Effective Date1974-12-28
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Parsons Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Parsons Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7.3B 56.907386624772194% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4B$5B$6B$7B$8B 202220232024 $4.63B $7.27B ▲ +57.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 17,301 $4.6B
2023 2 17,265 $5.8B
2024 2 18,435 $7.3B

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 01234 Total assets ($B) Participants Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.757068542 · Participants: 7871Parsons Employee Stock Ownership PlanAcco Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.444524335 · Participants: 1397Acco Employee Stock Ownership PlanRosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.125537204 · Participants: 1700Rosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAgron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.533004512 · Participants: 72Agron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanRecology Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.497089527 · Participants: 3656Recology Employee Stock Ownership PlanGolden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.495116638 · Participants: 956Golden Hippo Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan reports $3.8B in end-of-year assets across 7,871 participants (0.030% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $477,331 per participant (3.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $806M.

This plan identity (EIN 953232481, plan #105) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.9B to $5.0B (+69.3%) while covered participants moved from 7,804 to 8,040 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 7,804 $2.9B Open filing
2023 7,871 $3.8B This page
2024 · index core 8,040 $5.0B Open filing

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

Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is Schreiber Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI ($3.6B); by covered participants it is W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan in DE (7,813 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,871 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 Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew sharply - up 27.4% during 2023, from $2.9B to $3.8B. Reported net income was $806M.
How have Parsons Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Parsons Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 56.9%, from $4.6B to $7.3B.
Where does Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Parsons Employee Stock Ownership 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 ESOP plans are similar in size to Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Schreiber Foods, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI ($3.6B, 6,108 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan in DE (7,813 participants, $1.9B 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 953232481.

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.