401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$18.9B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
40,364
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$469,143
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Cisco Systems,Inc. · California · Manufacturing

$18.9B in assets, 40,364 participants

Cisco Systems,Inc.'s Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $18.9B in total assets and 40,364 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.

  • #18,703 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in California

Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 40,364 participants in California, 64x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $18.9B.

#18,703
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+22.1%
assets growth YoY
190×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$18,936,496,958 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

Cisco Systems,Inc. 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. Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (40,364 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$3.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $15.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $18.9B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 38,315 in the plan year 2022 filing to 40,364 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 770059951 · Cisco Systems,Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan · $18.9B · 40,364 · 100th

  • SCH $18.9B
  • SCH 40,364
  • SCH 100th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • SCH near Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan
  • SCH ind #18703

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 California →

Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Pfizer Savings Plan$19.6BGE Retirement Savings Plan$19.5BMorgan Stanley 401(k) Plan$19.2BCisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) PlanCisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Pl…$18.9BAccenture United States 401(k) Match Savings PlanAccenture United States 401(…$17.6B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$15.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$18.9B
Net Income$3.4B
Employer EIN770059951
Plan Effective Date1988-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cisco Systems,Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Cisco Systems,Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$22.7B 46.512099768163544% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10B$15B$20B$25B 202220232024 $15.5B $22.7B ▲ +46.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 38,315 $15.5B
2023 1 40,364 $18.9B
2024 1 40,452 $22.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000250000 102030405060 Total assets ($B) Participants Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.936496958 · Participants: 40364Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) PlanWells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 51.831350351 · Participants: 193919Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 39.047152408 · Participants: 122867Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 26.320437734 · Participants: 63105Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.17918189 · Participants: 59863Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.779511539 · Participants: 106111Apple 401(k) Plan
Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan

Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $18.9B in end-of-year assets across 40,364 participants (0.15% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.043% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $469,143 per participant (3.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $3.4B.

This plan identity (EIN 770059951, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $15.5B to $22.7B (+46.5%) while covered participants moved from 38,315 to 40,452 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 38,315 $15.5B Open filing
2023 40,364 $18.9B This page
2024 · index core 40,452 $22.7B Open filing

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

Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan in NY ($19.2B); by covered participants it is 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of Nike, Inc. in OR (40,345 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($18.9B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (40,364 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 Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 22.1% during 2023, from $15.5B to $18.9B. Reported net income was $3.4B.
How have Cisco Systems,Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Cisco Systems,Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 46.5%, from $15.5B to $22.7B.
Where does Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Cisco Systems,Inc. 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 Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan in NY ($19.2B, 55,363 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of Nike, Inc. in OR (40,345 participants, $5.9B 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 770059951.

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.