401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Paypal Holdings, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 12,121
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $164,493
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Paypal Holdings, Inc. · California · Professional & Technical Services
$2.0B in assets, 12,121 participants
Paypal Holdings, Inc.'s Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan reported $2.0B in total assets and 12,121 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.
- #20,235 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
Coverage in California
Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan covers 12,121 participants in California, 19x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $2.0B.
- #20,235
- in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
- +25.1%
- assets growth YoY
- 20×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$1,993,824,093 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Paypal 401(k) Savings 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. Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan is a mega filing (12,121 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$255M in the plan year 2022 filing to $399M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.6B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants fell from 13,355 in the plan year 2022 filing to 12,121 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 472989869 · Paypal Holdings, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)
Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan · $2.0B · 12,121 · 99th
- 5500 $2.0B
- 5500 12,121
- 5500 99th
- 5500 401(k)
- 5500 near Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan
- 5500 ind #20235
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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →
Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.6B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.0B |
| Net Income | $399M |
| Employer EIN | 472989869 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2015-07-18 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Paypal Holdings, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Paypal Holdings, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.2B 41.113203076677635% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 13,355 | $1.6B |
| 2023 | 1 | 12,121 | $2.0B |
| 2024 | 1 | 10,525 | $2.2B |
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 Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan
Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan reports $2.0B in end-of-year assets across 12,121 participants (0.016% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $164,493 per participant (1.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $399M.
This plan identity (EIN 472989869, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.6B to $2.2B (+41.1%) while covered participants moved from 13,355 to 10,525 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13,355 | $1.6B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 12,121 | $2.0B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 10,525 | $2.2B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $2.2B, 10,525 participants)
Paypal 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in MA ($2.0B); by covered participants it is The Quikrete Companies Profit Sharing and Tax in GA (12,116 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.0B here).
- Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (MA) $2.0B · 6,210
- The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan (PA) $2.0B · 10,921
- Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. Employee Savings Plan (NJ) $2.0B · 6,642
- Commscope, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (NC) $2.0B · 6,109
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,121 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Quikrete Companies Profit Sharing and Tax (GA) 12,116 · 5 off
- Firstenergy Corp. Savings Plan (OH) 12,114 · 7 off
- The Estee Lauder Companies 401(k) Savings Plan (NY) 12,114 · 7 off
- Carrier Retirement Savings Plan (FL) 12,128 · 7 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.