401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$806M
Total assets Above avg plan size
13,820
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$58,307
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Dish Network Corporation · Colorado · Information & Media

$806M in assets, 13,820 participants

Dish Network Corporation's Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan reported $806M in total assets and 13,820 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #2,734 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Coverage in Colorado

Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan covers 13,820 participants in Colorado, 37x the typical Colorado plan (state average ~376 per filing). Assets: $806M.

#2,734
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+10.4%
assets growth YoY
8.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$805,804,791 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Dish Network Corporation 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. Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (13,820 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$215M in the plan year 2022 filing to $75M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $730M in the plan year 2022 filing to $806M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 14,070 in the plan year 2022 filing to 13,820 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 880336997 · Dish Network Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)

Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan · $806M · 13,820 · 98th

  • TYPE $806M
  • TYPE 13,820
  • TYPE 98th
  • TYPE 401(k)
  • TYPE near The Eisai Retirement Plan
  • TYPE ind #2734

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Colorado →

Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Colorado filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$730M
Net Assets (End of Year)$805M
Net Income$75M
Employer EIN880336997
Plan Effective Date1983-12-30
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Dish Network Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Dish Network Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.6B 124.63881456407893% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.5B$1B$1.5B$2B 202220232024 $0.73B $1.64B ▲ +124.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 14,070 $730M
2023 1 13,820 $806M
2024 1 12,420 $1.6B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Colorado

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

Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 01234 Total assets ($B) Participants Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.805804791 · Participants: 13820Dish Network Corporation 401(k) PlanDavita Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.326219779 · Participants: 57711Davita Retirement Savings PlanBall Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.806549522 · Participants: 10349Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership PlanEmpower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.852270164 · Participants: 10036Empower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings PlanWoodward Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.765770435 · Participants: 5847Woodward Retirement Savings PlanArcadis U.S., Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.686655183 · Participants: 5491Arcadis U.S., Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants
Compare Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan

Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan reports $806M in end-of-year assets across 13,820 participants (0.007% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $58,307 per participant (42% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $75M.

This plan identity (EIN 880336997, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $730M to $1.6B (+124.6%) while covered participants moved from 14,070 to 12,420 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 14,070 $730M Open filing
2023 13,820 $806M This page
2024 · index core 12,420 $1.6B Open filing

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

Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Colorado, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Eisai Retirement Plan in NJ ($806M); by covered participants it is Fedex Office and Print Services, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in TX (13,831 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($806M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,820 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 Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.4% during 2023, from $730M to $806M. Reported net income was $75M.
How have Dish Network Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Dish Network Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 124.6%, from $730M to $1.6B.
Where does Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Eisai Retirement Plan in NJ ($806M, 1,611 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Fedex Office and Print Services, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in TX (13,831 participants, $1.3B 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 880336997.

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.