401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Paramount Global 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $6.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 18,607
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $328,835
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan) · Sponsored by Paramount Global · New York · Information & Media
$6.1B in assets, 18,607 participants
Paramount Global's Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan) reported $6.1B in total assets and 18,607 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.
- #2,799 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
Coverage in New York
Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan) covers 18,607 participants in New York, 23x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $6.1B.
- #2,799
- in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
- +13.7%
- assets growth YoY
- 61×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan)'s outsized position by total assets
Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan) vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$6,118,626,309 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
Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 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. Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan) is a mega filing (18,607 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan) reported net income rose from -$1.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $744M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan) end-of-year assets rose from $5.4B in the plan year 2022 filing to $6.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan) reported participants fell from 19,592 in the plan year 2022 filing to 18,607 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 042949533 · Paramount Global PY 2023 · 401(k)
Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan) · $6.1B · 18,607 · 100th
- IND $6.1B
- EOY 18,607
- 5500 100th
- ASSETS 401(k)
- PCT near Ntess Savings and Income Plan
- EIN ind #2799
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 New York →
Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan) in the asset neighbourhood
New York filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $5.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $6.1B |
| Net Income | $744M |
| Employer EIN | 042949533 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1971-06-04 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Paramount Global)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Paramount Global plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $8.8B 13.343762276807889% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 23,237 | $7.8B |
| 2023 | 5 | 21,686 | $8.6B |
| 2024 | 5 | 20,098 | $8.8B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- IBM 401 (K) Plus Plan $57.4B · 54,912
- Pfizer Savings Plan $19.6B · 30,033
- Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan $19.2B · 55,363
- The Pepsico Savings Plan $13.7B · 133,597
- The Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan $11.4B · 24,866
Scale composition for Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan)
Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan) reports $6.1B in end-of-year assets across 18,607 participants (0.050% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.020% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $328,835 per participant (2.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $744M.
This plan identity (EIN 042949533, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $5.4B to $6.4B (+18.2%) while covered participants moved from 19,592 to 17,755 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19,592 | $5.4B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 18,607 | $6.1B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 17,755 | $6.4B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan) (401(k), $6.4B, 17,755 participants)
- Cbs Combined Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.9B, 948 participants)
- Viacom Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $531M, 1,395 participants)
Paramount Global 401(k) Plan (Fka Viacomcbs 401(k) Plan)'s out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Ntess Savings and Income Plan in NM ($6.1B); by covered participants it is Southern Glazer's 401(k) Plan in FL (18,617 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($6.1B here).
- Ntess Savings and Income Plan (NM) $6.1B · 14,721
- Trane Technologies Employee Savings Plan (Esp) (NC) $6.2B · 18,144
- Johnson Controls Retirement Savings and Investment Plan (WI) $6.2B · 28,904
- Aon Savings Plan (GA) $6.2B · 13,948
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,607 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Southern Glazer's 401(k) Plan (FL) 18,617 · 10 off
- Estes Express Lines 401(k) Retirement Plan (VA) 18,563 · 44 off
- Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan (TN) 18,535 · 72 off
- Heartland Dental 401(k) and Stock Participation Plan (IL) 18,531 · 76 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.