401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

International Business Machines Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$57.4B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
54,912
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.0M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan · Sponsored by International Business Machines Corporation · New York · Professional & Technical Services

$57.4B in assets, 54,912 participants

International Business Machines Corporation's IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan reported $57.4B in total assets and 54,912 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.

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

Coverage in New York

IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan covers 54,912 participants in New York, 69x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $57.4B.

#20,321
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+7.6%
assets growth YoY
576×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan's outsized position by total assets

IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$57,428,456,306 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

IBM 401 (K) Plus 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. IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan is a mega filing (54,912 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan reported net income rose from -$14.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $4.7B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan end-of-year assets rose from $53.4B in the plan year 2022 filing to $57.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan reported participants fell from 56,376 in the plan year 2022 filing to 54,912 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 130871985 · International Business Machines Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)

IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan · $57.4B · 54,912 · 100th

  • TYPE $57.4B
  • NET 54,912
  • BOOK 100th
  • VS-ST 401(k)
  • BOY near The Bank of America 401(k) Plan
  • SCH ind #20321

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 New York →

IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan in the asset neighbourhood

IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan$57.4BThe Bank of America 401(k) PlanThe Bank of America 401(k) P…$54.8BMicrosoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) PlanMicrosoft Corporation Saving…$53.2BRtx Savings Plan$52.8BWells Fargo & Company 401(k) PlanWells Fargo & Company 401(k)…$51.8B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$53.4B
Net Assets (End of Year)$56.4B
Net Income$4.7B
Employer EIN130871985
Plan Effective Date1983-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (International Business Machines Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All International Business Machines Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$78.3B 0.712905096080379% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$76B$78B$80B$82B$84B 202220232024 $78.9B $78.3B ▼ -0.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 72,807 $78.9B
2023 3 69,793 $82.4B
2024 3 100,688 $78.3B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

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

IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 0204060 Total assets ($B) Participants IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan, Total assets ($B): 57.428456306 · Participants: 54912IBM 401 (K) Plus PlanPfizer Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.56134085 · Participants: 30033Pfizer Savings PlanMorgan Stanley 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.235068266 · Participants: 55363Morgan Stanley 401(k) PlanThe Pepsico Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.651296 · Participants: 133597The Pepsico Savings PlanThe Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.428659742 · Participants: 24866The Goldman Sachs 401(k) PlanMcKinsey & Company, Inc. (Psrp) Profit Sharing Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.085287135 · Participants: 17796McKinsey & Company, Inc. (Psrp) Profit Sharing Retirement Plan
IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan

IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan reports $57.4B in end-of-year assets across 54,912 participants (0.47% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.058% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $1.0M per participant (7.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $4.7B.

This plan identity (EIN 130871985, plan #005) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $53.4B to $60.4B (+13.2%) while covered participants moved from 56,376 to 52,674 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 56,376 $53.4B Open filing
2023 54,912 $57.4B This page
2024 · index core 52,674 $60.4B Open filing

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

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

Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Bank of America 401(k) Plan in NC ($54.8B); by covered participants it is Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in CA (55,389 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($57.4B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (54,912 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 IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan assets move in 2023?
IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan grew at a solid clip - up 7.6% during 2023, from $53.4B to $57.4B. Reported net income was $4.7B.
How have International Business Machines Corporation plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), International Business Machines Corporation's sponsor-wide assets declined 0.7%, from $78.9B to $78.3B.
Where does IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
IBM 401 (K) Plus 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 IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Bank of America 401(k) Plan in NC ($54.8B, 173,899 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in CA (55,389 participants, $873M in assets).