401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Salesforce, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
41,578
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$175,994
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Salesforce 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Salesforce, Inc. · California · Information & Media

$7.3B in assets, 41,578 participants

Salesforce, Inc.'s Salesforce 401(k) Plan reported $7.3B in total assets and 41,578 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.

  • #2,803 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Coverage in California

Salesforce 401(k) Plan covers 41,578 participants in California, 66x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $7.3B.

#2,803
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+28.4%
assets growth YoY
73×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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

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

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

$7,317,484,047 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

Salesforce 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. Salesforce 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (41,578 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Salesforce 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$393M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.6B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Salesforce 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $5.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $7.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Salesforce 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 39,662 in the plan year 2022 filing to 41,578 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 943320693 · Salesforce, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Salesforce 401(k) Plan · $7.3B · 41,578 · 100th

  • ASSETS $7.3B
  • PCT 41,578
  • EIN 100th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • PHOTO near Eaton Savings Plan
  • IND ind #2803

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 California →

Salesforce 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Humana Retirement Savings PlanHumana Retirement Savings Pl…$7.4BSalesforce 401(k) Plan$7.3BEaton Savings Plan$7.3BGeneral Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca PlanGeneral Dynamics Corporation…$7.3BParker Retirement Savings PlanParker Retirement Savings Pl…$7.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Salesforce 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$5.7B
Net Assets (End of Year)$7.3B
Net Income$1.6B
Employer EIN943320693
Plan Effective Date2000-06-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Salesforce, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Salesforce, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$9.1B 59.25653911143146% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4B$6B$8B$10B 202220232024 $5.7B $9.07B ▲ +59.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 39,662 $5.7B
2023 1 41,578 $7.3B
2024 1 36,689 $9.1B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Salesforce 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000250000 0102030405060 Total assets ($B) Participants Salesforce 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.317484047 · Participants: 41578Salesforce 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 PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.779511539 · Participants: 106111Apple 401(k) Plan
Salesforce 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Salesforce 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Salesforce 401(k) Plan

Salesforce 401(k) Plan reports $7.3B in end-of-year assets across 41,578 participants (0.059% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.044% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $175,994 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $1.6B.

This plan identity (EIN 943320693, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $5.7B to $9.1B (+59.3%) while covered participants moved from 39,662 to 36,689 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 39,662 $5.7B Open filing
2023 41,578 $7.3B This page
2024 · index core 36,689 $9.1B Open filing

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

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

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Eaton Savings Plan in OH ($7.3B); by covered participants it is Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan in TX (41,679 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (41,578 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 Salesforce 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Salesforce 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 28.4% during 2023, from $5.7B to $7.3B. Reported net income was $1.6B.
How have Salesforce, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Salesforce, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 59.3%, from $5.7B to $9.1B.
Where does Salesforce 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Salesforce 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 Salesforce 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Eaton Savings Plan in OH ($7.3B, 22,975 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Salesforce 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan in TX (41,679 participants, $16.5B 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 943320693.

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.