401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.5B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 10,757
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $320,967
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Gilead Sciences, Inc. · California · Manufacturing
$3.5B in assets, 10,757 participants
Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan reported $3.5B in total assets and 10,757 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.
- #18,574 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in California
Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan covers 10,757 participants in California, 17x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $3.5B.
- #18,574
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +34.9%
- assets growth YoY
- 35×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$3,452,640,761 Highest reported value at or above every one of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Gilead Sciences 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. Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (10,757 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$396M in the plan year 2022 filing to $894M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.6B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.5B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 9,201 in the plan year 2022 filing to 10,757 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 943047598 · Gilead Sciences, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)
Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan · $3.5B · 10,757 · 100th
- SCH $3.5B
- EBSA 10,757
- PART 100th
- TYPE 401(k)
- NET near Anheuser-Busch 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan
- BOOK ind #18574
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 →
Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.6B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.5B |
| Net Income | $894M |
| Employer EIN | 943047598 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1989-08-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Gilead Sciences, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Gilead Sciences, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4.3B 67.46941679260013% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 9,201 | $2.6B |
| 2023 | 1 | 10,757 | $3.5B |
| 2024 | 1 | 11,304 | $4.3B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in California
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan $51.8B · 193,919
- Google LLC 401(k) Savings Plan $39.0B · 122,867
- Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan $26.3B · 63,105
- Intel 401(k) Savings Plan $22.2B · 59,863
- Apple 401(k) Plan $19.8B · 106,111
Scale composition for Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan
Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan reports $3.5B in end-of-year assets across 10,757 participants (0.028% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $320,967 per participant (2.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $894M.
This plan identity (EIN 943047598, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.6B to $4.3B (+67.5%) while covered participants moved from 9,201 to 11,304 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9,201 | $2.6B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 10,757 | $3.5B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 11,304 | $4.3B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan (401(k), $4.3B, 11,304 participants)
Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Anheuser-Busch 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan in MO ($3.4B); by covered participants it is Oshkosh Corporation and Affiliates Tax Deferred Investment Plan in WI (10,771 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.5B here).
- Anheuser-Busch 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (MO) $3.4B · 15,250
- The 401(k) Plan (TX) $3.4B · 26,627
- Kraft Heinz Savings Plan (PA) $3.5B · 14,168
- The Coca-Cola Company 401(k) Plan (GA) $3.5B · 7,730
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,757 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Oshkosh Corporation and Affiliates Tax Deferred Investment Plan (WI) 10,771 · 14 off
- Cargill Investment Plan (MN) 10,739 · 18 off
- Assurant 401(k) Plan (GA) 10,733 · 24 off
- Reliance, Inc. Master 401(k) Plan (AZ) 10,729 · 28 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.