Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$942M
Total assets
3,096
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$304,395
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory · Illinois · Professional & Technical Services

$942M in assets, 3,096 participants

Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory's Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan reported $942M in total assets and 3,096 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • 99th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan holds $942M for 3,096 participants - about $304,395 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, up 14.4% over the 2023 plan year.

$942M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
3,096
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$304,395
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Professional & Technical Services

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan

Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory, headquartered in Illinois. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $942M in total end-of-year assets and covers 3,096 participants across the Professional & Technical Services industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 680628477, and the plan has been effective since 1994-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $824M at the beginning of 2023 to $942M at year-end - up 14.4%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $942M, with reported net income of $119M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $2.3B to $2.7B, a gain of 19.7%, while reported participants moved from 6,722 to 7,243 (+7.8%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $2.7B; the softest was 2022 at $2.3B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $2.3B in assets across 2 plans covering 6,722 participants; 2023 - $2.5B in assets across 2 plans covering 6,894 participants; 2024 - $2.7B in assets across 2 plans covering 7,243 participants.

By assets, Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan outranks 99% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 9.4x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$824M
Total Assets (End of Year)$942M
Net Assets (End of Year)$942M
Net Income$119M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN680628477
Plan Effective Date1994-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory)

$2.2B$2.4B$2.6B$2.8B 202220232024 $2.25B $2.7B ▲ +20.0%
Total plan assets by year, all Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 6,722 $2.3B
2023 2 6,894 $2.5B
2024 2 7,243 $2.7B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan holds $942M in total assets with 3,096 participants. It is sponsored by Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory.
What type of plan is Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan?
Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1994-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 680628477.
Who sponsors the Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan?
Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan is sponsored by Uchicago Argonne, LLC Argonne National Laboratory, located in Illinois. The sponsor's EIN is 680628477 and the plan operates in the Professional & Technical Services industry.
How did Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan perform in 2023?
Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.4% during 2023, moving from $824M to $942M in total assets. Net income was $119M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Argonne National Laboratory 401(a) Retirement Plan's numbers.

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 680628477.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.