401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Waste Management, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.7B
Total assets Very large vs avg
39,493
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$93,345
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Waste Management, Inc. · Texas · Administrative & Support Services

$3.7B in assets, 39,493 participants

Waste Management, Inc.'s Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan reported $3.7B in total assets and 39,493 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.

  • #4,371 in Administrative & Support Services (4,372 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan covers 39,493 participants in Texas, 57x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $3.7B.

#4,371
in Administrative & Support Services (4,372 peers)
+15.2%
assets growth YoY
37×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,686,458,628 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

Waste Management Retirement 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. Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (39,493 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$559M in the plan year 2022 filing to $488M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.7B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 38,026 in the plan year 2022 filing to 39,493 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 731309529 · Waste Management, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan · $3.7B · 39,493 · 100th

  • EIN $3.7B
  • EIN 39,493
  • EIN 100th
  • EIN 401(k)
  • EIN near The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. Savings Plan
  • EIN ind #4371

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 Administrative & Support Services retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Rbc- U.S.a. Retirement and Savings PlanRbc- U.S.a. Retirement and S…$3.7BThe Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. Savings PlanThe Interpublic Group of Com…$3.7BFirstenergy Corp. Savings PlanFirstenergy Corp. Savings Pl…$3.7BWaste Management Retirement Savings PlanWaste Management Retirement …$3.7BDeferred Profit-Sharing Plan for Salaried EmployeesDeferred Profit-Sharing Plan…$3.7B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.7B
Net Income$488M
Employer EIN731309529
Plan Effective Date1981-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Waste Management, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Waste Management, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4.1B 27.380319300472756% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B 202220232024 $3.2B $4.08B ▲ +27.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 38,026 $3.2B
2023 1 39,493 $3.7B
2024 1 38,676 $4.1B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

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

Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.686458628 · Participants: 39493Waste Management Retirement Savings 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
Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan

Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan reports $3.7B in end-of-year assets across 39,493 participants (0.030% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.042% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $93,345 per participant (68% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $488M.

This plan identity (EIN 731309529, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.2B to $4.1B (+27.4%) while covered participants moved from 38,026 to 38,676 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 38,026 $3.2B Open filing
2023 39,493 $3.7B This page
2024 · index core 38,676 $4.1B Open filing

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

Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. Savings Plan in NY ($3.7B); by covered participants it is Kpmg 401(k) Capital Accumulation Plan in NJ (39,527 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.7B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (39,493 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 Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan grew sharply - up 15.2% during 2023, from $3.2B to $3.7B. Reported net income was $488M.
How have Waste Management, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Waste Management, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 27.4%, from $3.2B to $4.1B.
Where does Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Waste Management Retirement Savings 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 Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. Savings Plan in NY ($3.7B, 24,739 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Kpmg 401(k) Capital Accumulation Plan in NJ (39,527 participants, $8.9B 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 731309529.

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.