401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
The Hearst Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.7B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 13,955
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $194,081
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Hearst Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by The Hearst Corporation · North Carolina · Information & Media
$2.7B in assets, 13,955 participants
The Hearst Corporation's Hearst Retirement Savings Plan reported $2.7B in total assets and 13,955 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.
- #2,782 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
Coverage in North Carolina
Hearst Retirement Savings Plan covers 13,955 participants in North Carolina, 17x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~819 per filing). Assets: $2.7B.
- #2,782
- in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
- +20.4%
- assets growth YoY
- 27×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Hearst Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Hearst Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$2,708,405,192 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
Hearst 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. Hearst Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (13,955 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Hearst Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$356M in the plan year 2022 filing to $459M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Hearst Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 10,500 in the plan year 2022 filing to 13,955 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Hearst Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.7B in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 130433120 · The Hearst Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)
Hearst Retirement Savings Plan · $2.7B · 13,955 · 99th
- BOY $2.7B
- SCH 13,955
- EBSA 99th
- PART 401(k)
- TYPE near Aramco U.S. Savings Plan
- NET ind #2782
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 North Carolina →
Hearst Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
North Carolina filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.7B |
| Net Income | $459M |
| Employer EIN | 130433120 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1987-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Hearst Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Hearst Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $6.1B 25.51061709381907% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 13,694 | $4.8B |
| 2023 | 9 | 16,844 | $5.6B |
| 2024 | 9 | 17,329 | $6.1B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Carolina
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- The Bank of America 401(k) Plan $54.8B · 173,899
- Honeywell 401(k) Plan $15.4B · 40,004
- Duke Energy Retirement Savings Plan $10.4B · 28,121
- Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan $10.1B · 55,480
- Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan $8.5B · 24,174
Scale composition for Hearst Retirement Savings Plan
Hearst Retirement Savings Plan reports $2.7B in end-of-year assets across 13,955 participants (0.022% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $194,081 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $459M.
This plan identity (EIN 130433120, plan #071) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.2B to $3.1B (+39.4%) while covered participants moved from 10,500 to 14,150 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,500 | $2.2B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 13,955 | $2.7B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 14,150 | $3.1B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Hearst Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $3.1B, 14,150 participants)
- The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.4B, 1,745 participants)
- The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $416M, 491 participants)
Hearst Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside North Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Aramco U.S. Savings Plan in TX ($2.7B); by covered participants it is Rivian, LLC 401(k) Plan in CA (13,961 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.7B here).
- Aramco U.S. Savings Plan (TX) $2.7B · 1,734
- The Fidelity National Financial Group 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (FL) $2.7B · 19,594
- Alcon 401(k) Savings Plan (TX) $2.7B · 9,500
- Frontier Communications 401(k) Savings Plan (CT) $2.7B · 13,445
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,955 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Rivian, LLC 401(k) Plan (CA) 13,961 · 6 off
- Aon Savings Plan (GA) 13,948 · 7 off
- Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan (NJ) 13,987 · 32 off
- Bosch Savings Incentive Plan (IL) 13,908 · 47 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.