401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Blue Origin, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$812M
Total assets Above avg plan size
9,361
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$86,723
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Blue 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Blue Origin, LLC · Washington · Manufacturing

$812M in assets, 9,361 participants

Blue Origin, LLC's Blue 401(k) Plan reported $812M in total assets and 9,361 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #18,169 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Washington

Blue 401(k) Plan covers 9,361 participants in Washington, 6.3x the typical Washington plan (state average ~1,476 per filing). Assets: $812M.

#18,169
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+72.1%
assets growth YoY
8.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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

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

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

$811,814,275 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Blue 401(k) Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Blue 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (9,361 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Blue 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from $74M in the plan year 2022 filing to $340M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Blue 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 4,508 in the plan year 2022 filing to 9,361 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Blue 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $472M in the plan year 2022 filing to $812M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 611770771 · Blue Origin, LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Blue 401(k) Plan · $812M · 9,361 · 98th

  • RANK $812M
  • RANK 9,361
  • RANK 98th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • RANK near Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan
  • RANK ind #18169

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 Washington →

Blue 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Blue 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Washington filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$472M
Net Assets (End of Year)$812M
Net Income$340M
Employer EIN611770771
Plan Effective Date2004-07-05
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Blue Origin, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Blue Origin, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.2B 150.73196650235977% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0B$0.5B$1B$1.5B 202220232024 $0.47B $1.18B ▲ +151.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 4,508 $472M
2023 1 9,361 $812M
2024 1 10,830 $1.2B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Washington

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

Blue 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000250000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Blue 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.811814275 · Participants: 9361Blue 401(k) PlanThe Boeing Company 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 72.246135158 · Participants: 128910The Boeing Company 401(k) Retirement PlanMicrosoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 53.225853429 · Participants: 123296Microsoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) PlanCostco 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 33.384845813 · Participants: 192744Costco 401(k) Retirement PlanT-Mobile USA, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 8.338937292 · Participants: 71538T-Mobile USA, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Trust401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.118808679 · Participants: 87590401(k) Savings Plan
Blue 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants
Compare Blue 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Blue 401(k) Plan

Blue 401(k) Plan reports $812M in end-of-year assets across 9,361 participants (0.007% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $86,723 per participant (63% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $340M.

This plan identity (EIN 611770771, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $472M to $1.2B (+150.7%) while covered participants moved from 4,508 to 10,830 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 4,508 $472M Open filing
2023 9,361 $812M This page
2024 · index core 10,830 $1.2B Open filing

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

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

Outside Washington, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan in NJ ($812M); by covered participants it is Block 401(k) Plan in CA (9,358 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($812M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,361 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 Blue 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Blue 401(k) Plan surged - up 72.1% during 2023, from $472M to $812M. Reported net income was $340M.
How have Blue Origin, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Blue Origin, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 150.7%, from $472M to $1.2B.
Where does Blue 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Blue 401(k) Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Blue 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan in NJ ($812M, 1,695 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Blue 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Block 401(k) Plan in CA (9,358 participants, $924M 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 611770771.

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.