401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

AT&T Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
26,684
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$77,291
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: AT&T Savings and Security Plan · Sponsored by AT&T Inc. · Texas · Information & Media

$2.1B in assets, 26,684 participants

AT&T Inc.'s AT&T Savings and Security Plan reported $2.1B in total assets and 26,684 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.

  • #2,774 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Coverage in Texas

AT&T Savings and Security Plan covers 26,684 participants in Texas, 39x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $2.1B.

#2,774
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+4.0%
assets growth YoY
21×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

AT&T Savings and Security Plan's outsized position by total assets

AT&T Savings and Security Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,062,438,000 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

AT&T Savings and Security 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 Savings and Security Plan is a mega filing (26,684 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • AT&T Savings and Security Plan reported net income rose from -$483M in the plan year 2022 filing to $81M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • AT&T Savings and Security Plan reported participants fell from 30,467 in the plan year 2022 filing to 26,684 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • AT&T Savings and Security Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 431301883 · AT&T Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

AT&T Savings and Security Plan · $2.1B · 26,684 · 99th

  • ASSETS $2.1B
  • ASSETS 26,684
  • ASSETS 99th
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • ASSETS near Business Performance Savings Plan of Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
  • ASSETS ind #2774

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 Savings and Security Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among AT&T Savings and Security Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.1B
Net Income$81M
Employer EIN431301883
Plan Effective Date1983-10-14
Filing StatusFILING 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
$70B$75B$80B$85B 202220232024 $80.7B $73.8B ▼ -8.6%
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.

AT&T Savings and Security Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants AT&T Savings and Security Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.062438 · Participants: 26684AT&T Savings and Security PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 40.012012 · Participants: 119854AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.917 · Participants: 23477Exxonmobil Savings PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.496476432 · Participants: 41679Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanAmerican Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.680189879 · Participants: 88792American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) PlanDell Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.529835 · Participants: 45686Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan
AT&T Savings and Security Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare AT&T Savings and Security Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for AT&T Savings and Security Plan

AT&T Savings and Security Plan reports $2.1B in end-of-year assets across 26,684 participants (0.017% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.028% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $77,291 per participant (56% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $81M.

This plan identity (EIN 431301883, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.0B to $2.3B (+14.3%) while covered participants moved from 30,467 to 25,236 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 30,467 $2.0B Open filing
2023 26,684 $2.1B This page
2024 · index core 25,236 $2.3B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

AT&T Savings and Security Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Business Performance Savings Plan of Hallmark Cards, Incorporated in MO ($2.1B); by covered participants it is Red Lobster 401(k) Plan in FL (26,687 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (26,684 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 AT&T Savings and Security Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
AT&T Savings and Security Plan edged up modestly - up 4.0% during 2023, from $2.0B to $2.1B. Reported net income was $81M.
How have AT&T Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), AT&T Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 8.6%, from $80.7B to $73.8B.
Where does AT&T Savings and Security Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
AT&T Savings and Security Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to AT&T Savings and Security Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Business Performance Savings Plan of Hallmark Cards, Incorporated in MO ($2.1B, 4,874 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to AT&T Savings and Security Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Red Lobster 401(k) Plan in FL (26,687 participants, $257M 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 431301883.

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.