401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$18.9B
Total assets
40,364
Participants
100th
Percentile by assets
$469,143
Avg per participant
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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.

  • 100th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
  • #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.

$18.9B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
40,364
covered participants
100th
percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
$469,143
avg assets per participant

Where Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan sits 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 Top 1% higher than 100% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,010,000,000 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

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 →

State
California
Industry
Manufacturing

Participants vs California filers

In California, the average filing covers about 630 participants across 15,291 plans. Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan reports 40,364 participants - 64x that state average ($18.9B EOY assets).

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.)

$10B$15B$20B$25B 202220232024 $15.5B $22.7B ▲ +46.6%
Total plan assets by year, all Cisco Systems,Inc. plans on file
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

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. 4…Wells Fargo & Compan…Google LLC 401(k) Sa…Oracle Corporation 4…Intel 401(k) Savings…Apple 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:

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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).

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Filing takeaways

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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.