401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Bnsf Railway Company 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
25,966
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$159,338
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Bnsf Railway Company · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing

$4.1B in assets, 25,966 participants

Bnsf Railway Company's Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan reported $4.1B in total assets and 25,966 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.

  • #3,336 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan covers 25,966 participants in Texas, 38x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $4.1B.

#3,336
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,362 peers)
+15.7%
assets growth YoY
42×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$4,137,377,113 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement 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. Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan is a mega filing (25,966 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$632M in the plan year 2022 filing to $563M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.6B in the plan year 2022 filing to $4.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 27,463 in the plan year 2022 filing to 25,966 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 416034000 · Bnsf Railway Company PY 2023 · 401(k)

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan · $4.1B · 25,966 · 100th

  • ASSETS $4.1B
  • PCT 25,966
  • EIN 100th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • PHOTO near The Principal Select Savings Plan
  • IND ind #3336

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 Texas →

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Thomson Reuters 401(k) Savings PlanThomson Reuters 401(k) Savin…$4.1BBnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement PlanBnsf Railway Company Non-Sal…$4.1BDeutsche Bank Matched Savings PlanDeutsche Bank Matched Saving…$4.1BThe Principal Select Savings PlanThe Principal Select Savings…$4.1BVmware Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanVmware Inc. 401(k) Savings P…$4.1B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.6B
Net Assets (End of Year)$4.1B
Net Income$563M
Employer EIN416034000
Plan Effective Date1995-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bnsf Railway Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bnsf Railway Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4.8B 33.80296846842859% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B$5B 202220232024 $3.58B $4.79B ▲ +33.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 27,463 $3.6B
2023 1 25,966 $4.1B
2024 1 27,055 $4.8B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

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

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.137377113 · Participants: 25966Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement 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
Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan reports $4.1B in end-of-year assets across 25,966 participants (0.034% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.028% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $159,338 per participant (1.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $563M.

This plan identity (EIN 416034000, plan #006) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.6B to $4.8B (+33.8%) while covered participants moved from 27,463 to 27,055 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 27,463 $3.6B Open filing
2023 25,966 $4.1B This page
2024 · index core 27,055 $4.8B Open filing

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

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Principal Select Savings Plan in IA ($4.1B); by covered participants it is Sevita 401(k) Plan in MA (25,967 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.1B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (25,966 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 Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 15.7% during 2023, from $3.6B to $4.1B. Reported net income was $563M.
How have Bnsf Railway Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bnsf Railway Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 33.8%, from $3.6B to $4.8B.
Where does Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan ranks in the 100th 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 Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Principal Select Savings Plan in IA ($4.1B, 12,827 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Sevita 401(k) Plan in MA (25,967 participants, $316M 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 416034000.

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.