401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$451M
Total assets Above avg plan size
11,701
Participants Very large workforce
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$38,504
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Space Exploration Technologies Corp. · California · Professional & Technical Services

$451M in assets, 11,701 participants

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan reported $451M in total assets and 11,701 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #19,920 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Coverage in California

Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan covers 11,701 participants in California, 19x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $451M.

#19,920
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+33.7%
assets growth YoY
4.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$450,540,360 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Space Exploration Technologies 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. Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (11,701 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$40M in the plan year 2022 filing to $114M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $337M in the plan year 2022 filing to $451M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 10,571 in the plan year 2022 filing to 11,701 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 010627671 · Space Exploration Technologies Corp. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan · $451M · 11,701 · 97th

  • RANK $451M
  • RANK 11,701
  • RANK 97th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • RANK near Dewberry 401(k)/Profit-Sharing Plan
  • RANK ind #19920

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$337M
Net Assets (End of Year)$451M
Net Income$114M
Employer EIN010627671
Plan Effective Date2003-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Space Exploration Technologies Corp.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Space Exploration Technologies Corp. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$571M 69.62703055269797% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$300M$400M$500M$600M 202220232024 $337M $571M ▲ +69.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 10,571 $337M
2023 1 11,701 $451M
2024 1 13,612 $571M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000250000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.45054036 · Participants: 11701Space Exploration Technologies 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
Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan

Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan reports $451M in end-of-year assets across 11,701 participants (0.004% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.012% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $38,504 per participant (28% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $114M.

This plan identity (EIN 010627671, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $337M to $571M (+69.6%) while covered participants moved from 10,571 to 13,612 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 10,571 $337M Open filing
2023 11,701 $451M This page
2024 · index core 13,612 $571M Open filing

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

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

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Dewberry 401(k)/Profit-Sharing Plan in VA ($451M); by covered participants it is Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC Retirement Investment Plan in MN (11,697 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11,701 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 Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan surged - up 33.7% during 2023, from $337M to $451M. Reported net income was $114M.
How have Space Exploration Technologies Corp. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 69.6%, from $337M to $571M.
Where does Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan ranks in the 97th 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 Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Dewberry 401(k)/Profit-Sharing Plan in VA ($451M, 2,460 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Space Exploration Technologies 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC Retirement Investment Plan in MN (11,697 participants, $582M 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 010627671.

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.