401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Werner Enterprises, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$281M
Total assets Near avg plan size
10,975
Participants Very large workforce
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$25,583
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan · Sponsored by Werner Enterprises, Inc. · Nebraska · Transportation & Warehousing

$281M in assets, 10,975 participants

Werner Enterprises, Inc.'s Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan reported $281M in total assets and 10,975 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • #3,178 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Nebraska

Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan covers 10,975 participants in Nebraska, 20x the typical Nebraska plan (state average ~552 per filing). Assets: $281M.

#3,178
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+16.0%
assets growth YoY
2.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$280,769,877 Top 4% higher than 96% 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

Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan 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. Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan is a mega filing (10,975 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$34M in the plan year 2022 filing to $39M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $242M in the plan year 2022 filing to $281M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan reported participants rose from 9,967 in the plan year 2022 filing to 10,975 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 470648386 · Werner Enterprises, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan · $281M · 10,975 · 96th

  • VS-ST $281M
  • VS-ST 10,975
  • VS-ST 96th
  • VS-ST 401(k)
  • VS-ST near Clyde Companies, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • VS-ST ind #3178

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 Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Nebraska →

Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Nebraska filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$242M
Net Assets (End of Year)$281M
Net Income$39M
Employer EIN470648386
Plan Effective Date1990-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Werner Enterprises, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Werner Enterprises, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$310M 27.884143825052316% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$200M$250M$300M$350M 202220232024 $242M $310M ▲ +27.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 9,967 $242M
2023 1 10,975 $281M
2024 1 11,757 $310M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Nebraska

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

Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Nebraska, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000 -202468 Total assets ($B) Participants Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.280769877 · Participants: 10975Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings PlanHdr, Inc. Best Plan and ESOP, Total assets ($B): 6.272854301 · Participants: 10652Hdr, Inc. Best Plan and ESOPPeter Kiewit Sons, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.422593059 · Participants: 16947Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanUnion Pacific Corporation Thrift Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.265096577 · Participants: 5470Union Pacific Corporation Thrift PlanUnion Pacific Agreement Employee 401(k) Retirement Thrift Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.255128453 · Participants: 27770Union Pacific Agreement Employee 401(k) Retirement Thrift PlanFirst National of Nebraska, Inc. First Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.926040387 · Participants: 5038First National of Nebraska, Inc. First Savings Plan
Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Nebraska, assets vs. participants
Compare Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan

Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan reports $281M in end-of-year assets across 10,975 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.012% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $25,583 per participant (19% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $39M.

This plan identity (EIN 470648386, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $242M to $310M (+27.9%) while covered participants moved from 9,967 to 11,757 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 9,967 $242M Open filing
2023 10,975 $281M This page
2024 · index core 11,757 $310M Open filing

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

Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Nebraska, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Clyde Companies, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in UT ($281M); by covered participants it is Phillips 66 Savings Plan in TX (10,970 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($281M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,975 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 Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan grew sharply - up 16.0% during 2023, from $242M to $281M. Reported net income was $39M.
How have Werner Enterprises, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Werner Enterprises, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 27.9%, from $242M to $310M.
Where does Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan ranks in the 96th 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 Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Clyde Companies, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in UT ($281M, 3,633 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Subsidiaries Employees' 401(k) Retirement Plan Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Phillips 66 Savings Plan in TX (10,970 participants, $7.6B 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 470648386.

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.