401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
AT&T Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $40.0B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 119,854
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $333,840
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: AT&T Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by AT&T Inc. · Texas · Information & Media
$40.0B in assets, 119,854 participants
AT&T Inc.'s AT&T Retirement Savings Plan reported $40.0B in total assets and 119,854 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.
- #2,817 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
Coverage in Texas
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan covers 119,854 participants in Texas, 174x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $40.0B.
- #2,817
- in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
- +6.5%
- assets growth YoY
- 401×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$40,012,012,000 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
AT&T Retirement 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. AT&T Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (119,854 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$9.8B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan reported participants fell from 144,503 in the plan year 2022 filing to 119,854 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $37.6B in the plan year 2022 filing to $40.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 431301883 · AT&T Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan · $40.0B · 119,854 · 100th
- PCT $40.0B
- EIN 119,854
- RANK 100th
- PHOTO 401(k)
- IND near Google LLC 401(k) Savings Plan
- EOY ind #2817
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 Texas →
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $37.6B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $40.0B |
| Net Income | $2.4B |
| Employer EIN | 431301883 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1969-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (AT&T Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All AT&T Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $73.8B 8.550747591630927% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 294,690 | $80.7B |
| 2023 | 5 | 254,657 | $72.2B |
| 2024 | 5 | 235,723 | $73.8B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Exxonmobil Savings Plan $21.9B · 23,477
- Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan $16.5B · 41,679
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan $14.7B · 88,792
- Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan $13.5B · 45,686
- Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan $11.9B · 42,788
Scale composition for AT&T Retirement Savings Plan
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan reports $40.0B in end-of-year assets across 119,854 participants (0.32% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.13% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $333,840 per participant (2.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $2.4B.
This plan identity (EIN 431301883, plan #009) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $37.6B to $43.1B (+14.8%) while covered participants moved from 144,503 to 109,889 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 144,503 | $37.6B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 119,854 | $40.0B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 109,889 | $43.1B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $43.1B, 109,889 participants)
- AT&T Pension Benefit Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $28.3B, 100,400 participants)
- AT&T Savings and Security Plan (401(k), $2.3B, 25,236 participants)
AT&T Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Google LLC 401(k) Savings Plan in CA ($39.0B); by covered participants it is Macys Inc 401(k) Retirement Investment Plan in OH (120,254 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($40.0B here).
- Google LLC 401(k) Savings Plan (CA) $39.0B · 122,867
- Walmart 401(k) Plan (AR) $41.5B · 1,611,202
- Northrop Grumman Savings Plan (VA) $36.2B · 97,987
- JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan (NJ) $44.6B · 176,610
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (119,854 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Macys Inc 401(k) Retirement Investment Plan (OH) 120,254 · 400 off
- Rtx Savings Plan (CT) 123,037 · 3,183 off
- Microsoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) Plan (WA) 123,296 · 3,442 off
- Tyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (AR) 113,806 · 6,048 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.