401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 12,438
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $148,403
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Nexstar Media Group, Inc. · Texas · Information & Media
$1.8B in assets, 12,438 participants
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.'s Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $1.8B in total assets and 12,438 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.
- #2,770 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
Coverage in Texas
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 12,438 participants in Texas, 18x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $1.8B.
- #2,770
- in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
- +76.5%
- assets growth YoY
- 19×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$1,845,832,224 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) 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. Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (12,438 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$218M in the plan year 2022 filing to $163M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 12,327 in the plan year 2022 filing to 12,438 in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 233083125 · Nexstar Media Group, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $1.8B · 12,438 · 99th
- RANK $1.8B
- PHOTO 12,438
- IND 99th
- EOY 401(k)
- 5500 near Allegis Group, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan One
- ASSETS ind #2770
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 →
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.8B |
| Net Income | $163M |
| Employer EIN | 233083125 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1997-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Nexstar Media Group, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Nexstar Media Group, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.0B 91.24420069670389% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 12,327 | $1.0B |
| 2023 | 1 | 12,438 | $1.8B |
| 2024 | 1 | 12,806 | $2.0B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan $40.0B · 119,854
- 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
Scale composition for Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $1.8B in end-of-year assets across 12,438 participants (0.015% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $148,403 per participant (1.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $163M.
This plan identity (EIN 233083125, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.0B to $2.0B (+91.2%) while covered participants moved from 12,327 to 12,806 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12,327 | $1.0B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 12,438 | $1.8B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 12,806 | $2.0B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan (401(k), $2.0B, 12,806 participants)
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Allegis Group, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan One in MD ($1.8B); by covered participants it is Umass Memorial Health Care 401(k) Plan in MA (12,451 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.8B here).
- Allegis Group, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan One (MD) $1.8B · 32,177
- Empower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings Plan (CO) $1.9B · 10,036
- Kla 401(k) Plan (CA) $1.8B · 4,426
- Amerisourcebergen Employee Investment Plan (PA) $1.9B · 17,562
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,438 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Umass Memorial Health Care 401(k) Plan (MA) 12,451 · 13 off
- Tiaa Code Section 401(k) Plan (NY) 12,398 · 40 off
- Visa 401(k) Plan (CA) 12,481 · 43 off
- Thoroughbred Retirement Investment Plan of Norfolk Southern Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies (GA) 12,487 · 49 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.