401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

General Atomics 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.4B
Total assets Very large vs avg
12,056
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$195,606
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by General Atomics · California · Professional & Technical Services

$2.4B in assets, 12,056 participants

General Atomics's General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported $2.4B in total assets and 12,056 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.

  • #20,259 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Coverage in California

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan covers 12,056 participants in California, 19x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $2.4B.

#20,259
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+18.4%
assets growth YoY
24×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,358,227,407 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

General Atomics 401(k) 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. General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (12,056 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$365M in the plan year 2022 filing to $367M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported participants fell from 12,430 in the plan year 2022 filing to 12,056 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 953735102 · General Atomics PY 2023 · 401(k)

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · $2.4B · 12,056 · 99th

  • BOY $2.4B
  • SCH 12,056
  • EBSA 99th
  • PART 401(k)
  • TYPE near Genuine Parts Company 401(k) Savings Plan
  • NET ind #20259

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 →

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanGeneral Atomics 401(k) Retir…$2.4BGenuine Parts Company 401(k) Savings PlanGenuine Parts Company 401(k)…$2.4BDaimler Truck North America, L.L.C. Employee Retirement Savings PlanDaimler Truck North America,…$2.4BBuilding Service 32bj Supplemental Retirement Savings PlanBuilding Service 32bj Supple…$2.3BLenovo Savings Plan$2.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.4B
Net Income$367M
Employer EIN953735102
Plan Effective Date1967-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (General Atomics)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All General Atomics plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.8B 36.68831498821244% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.5B$3B$3.5B$4B 202220232024 $2.78B $3.8B ▲ +36.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 24,919 $2.8B
2023 2 24,141 $3.3B
2024 2 24,200 $3.8B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000250000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.358227407 · Participants: 12056General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings 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
General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reports $2.4B in end-of-year assets across 12,056 participants (0.019% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $195,606 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $367M.

This plan identity (EIN 953735102, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.0B to $2.8B (+39.0%) while covered participants moved from 12,430 to 12,242 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 12,430 $2.0B Open filing
2023 12,056 $2.4B This page
2024 · index core 12,242 $2.8B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

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

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Genuine Parts Company 401(k) Savings Plan in GA ($2.4B); by covered participants it is Seminole Indian Casino 401(k) Plan in FL (12,060 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,056 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 General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan grew sharply - up 18.4% during 2023, from $2.0B to $2.4B. Reported net income was $367M.
How have General Atomics plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), General Atomics's sponsor-wide assets grew 36.7%, from $2.8B to $3.8B.
Where does General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 99th 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 General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Genuine Parts Company 401(k) Savings Plan in GA ($2.4B, 28,827 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Seminole Indian Casino 401(k) Plan in FL (12,060 participants, $325M 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 953735102.

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.