401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Apple Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$19.8B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
106,111
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$186,404
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Apple 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Apple Inc. · California · Manufacturing

$19.8B in assets, 106,111 participants

Apple Inc.'s Apple 401(k) Plan reported $19.8B in total assets and 106,111 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.

  • #18,709 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in California

Apple 401(k) Plan covers 106,111 participants in California, 168x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $19.8B.

#18,709
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+31.9%
assets growth YoY
198×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Apple 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Apple 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$19,779,511,539 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

Apple 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. Apple 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (106,111 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Apple 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$1.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $4.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Apple 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $15.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $19.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Apple 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 96,218 in the plan year 2022 filing to 106,111 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 942404110 · Apple Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Apple 401(k) Plan · $19.8B · 106,111 · 100th

  • NET $19.8B
  • BOOK 106,111
  • VS-ST 100th
  • BOY 401(k)
  • SCH near Pfizer Savings Plan
  • EBSA ind #18709

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Apple 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

General Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United StatesGeneral Motors Retirement Sa…$20.4BApple 401(k) Plan$19.8BPfizer Savings Plan$19.6BGE Retirement Savings Plan$19.5BMorgan Stanley 401(k) Plan$19.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Apple 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$15.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$19.8B
Net Income$4.8B
Employer EIN942404110
Plan Effective Date1984-03-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Apple Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Apple Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$24.7B 64.79978973823823% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10B$15B$20B$25B$30B 202220232024 $15B $24.7B ▲ +64.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 96,218 $15.0B
2023 1 106,111 $19.8B
2024 1 101,450 $24.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Apple 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 50000100000150000200000250000 102030405060 Total assets ($B) Participants Apple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.779511539 · Participants: 106111Apple 401(k) PlanWells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 51.831350351 · Participants: 193919Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 39.047152408 · Participants: 122867Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 26.320437734 · Participants: 63105Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.17918189 · Participants: 59863Intel 401(k) Savings PlanKaiser Permanente 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.708272899 · Participants: 136422Kaiser Permanente 401(k) Retirement Plan
Apple 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Apple 401(k) Plan

Apple 401(k) Plan reports $19.8B in end-of-year assets across 106,111 participants (0.16% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.11% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $186,404 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $4.8B.

This plan identity (EIN 942404110, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $15.0B to $24.7B (+64.8%) while covered participants moved from 96,218 to 101,450 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 96,218 $15.0B Open filing
2023 106,111 $19.8B This page
2024 · index core 101,450 $24.7B Open filing

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

Apple 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Pfizer Savings Plan in NY ($19.6B); by covered participants it is Culinary and Bartenders 401(k) Plan in NV (107,667 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($19.8B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (106,111 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 Apple 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023?
Apple 401(k) Plan surged - up 31.9% during 2023, from $15.0B to $19.8B. Reported net income was $4.8B.
How have Apple Inc. plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Apple Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 64.8%, from $15.0B to $24.7B.
Where does Apple 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Apple 401(k) 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 Apple 401(k) Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pfizer Savings Plan in NY ($19.6B, 30,033 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Apple 401(k) Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Culinary and Bartenders 401(k) Plan in NV (107,667 participants, $209M in assets).