401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$363M
Total assets Above avg plan size
8,914
Participants Very large workforce
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$40,693
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Communications Test Design, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Information & Media

$363M in assets, 8,914 participants

Communications Test Design, Inc.'s Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported $363M in total assets and 8,914 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #2,658 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan covers 8,914 participants in Pennsylvania, 11x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $363M.

#2,658
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+15.9%
assets growth YoY
3.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's outsized position by total assets

Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$362,738,185 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan lands in the large band (8,914 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported net income rose from -$66M in the plan year 2022 filing to $50M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $313M in the plan year 2022 filing to $363M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported participants rose from 8,896 in the plan year 2022 filing to 8,914 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 232015935 · Communications Test Design, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · $363M · 8,914 · 97th

  • EIN $363M
  • RANK 8,914
  • PHOTO 97th
  • IND 401(k)
  • EOY near Wilbur-Ellis 401(k) Plan
  • 5500 ind #2658

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 Pennsylvania →

Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$313M
Net Assets (End of Year)$363M
Net Income$50M
Employer EIN232015935
Plan Effective Date1982-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Communications Test Design, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Communications Test Design, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$409M 30.66596487542729% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$300M$350M$400M$450M 202220232024 $313M $409M ▲ +30.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 8,896 $313M
2023 1 8,914 $363M
2024 1 9,089 $409M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.362738185 · Participants: 8914Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.368669862 · Participants: 93136Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanCigna 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.003870935 · Participants: 66760Cigna 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.765617477 · Participants: 18200The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.339762 · Participants: 61697The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.955655142 · Participants: 25184The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan

Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reports $363M in end-of-year assets across 8,914 participants (0.003% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $40,693 per participant (29% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $50M.

This plan identity (EIN 232015935, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $313M to $409M (+30.7%) while covered participants moved from 8,896 to 9,089 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 8,896 $313M Open filing
2023 8,914 $363M This page
2024 · index core 9,089 $409M Open filing

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

Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Wilbur-Ellis 401(k) Plan in CA ($363M); by covered participants it is News Corp 401(k) Savings Plan in NY (8,910 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($363M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,914 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 Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan grew sharply - up 15.9% during 2023, from $313M to $363M. Reported net income was $50M.
How have Communications Test Design, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Communications Test Design, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 30.7%, from $313M to $409M.
Where does Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan ranks in the 97th 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 Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Wilbur-Ellis 401(k) Plan in CA ($363M, 3,259 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Communications Test Design, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is News Corp 401(k) Savings Plan in NY (8,910 participants, $3.2B 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 232015935.

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.