401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.6B
Total assets Very large vs avg
13,555
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$191,551
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Samsung 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Samsung Electronics America, Inc. · New Jersey · Manufacturing

$2.6B in assets, 13,555 participants

Samsung Electronics America, Inc.'s Samsung 401(k) Plan reported $2.6B in total assets and 13,555 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.

  • #18,535 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in New Jersey

Samsung 401(k) Plan covers 13,555 participants in New Jersey, 16x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $2.6B.

#18,535
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+27.8%
assets growth YoY
26×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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

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

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

$2,596,475,863 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

Samsung 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. Samsung 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (13,555 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Samsung 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$350M in the plan year 2022 filing to $564M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Samsung 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 8,086 in the plan year 2022 filing to 13,555 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Samsung 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.6B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 132951153 · Samsung Electronics America, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Samsung 401(k) Plan · $2.6B · 13,555 · 99th

  • RANK $2.6B
  • PHOTO 13,555
  • IND 99th
  • EOY 401(k)
  • 5500 near Fedex Corporation Retirement Savings Plan II
  • ASSETS ind #18535

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 New Jersey →

Samsung 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Samsung 401(k) Plan$2.6BCenterpoint Energy Savings PlanCenterpoint Energy Savings P…$2.6BCanon Employee Savings and Retirement PlanCanon Employee Savings and R…$2.6BFedex Corporation Retirement Savings Plan IIFedex Corporation Retirement…$2.6BAlly Financial Inc. Retirement Savings PlanAlly Financial Inc. Retireme…$2.6B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Samsung 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New Jersey filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.6B
Net Income$564M
Employer EIN132951153
Plan Effective Date1987-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Samsung Electronics America, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Samsung Electronics America, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.1B 53.62352293687685% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.5B$2B$2.5B$3B$3.5B 202220232024 $2.03B $3.12B ▲ +53.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 8,086 $2.0B
2023 1 13,555 $2.6B
2024 1 14,598 $3.1B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New Jersey

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

Samsung 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Samsung 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.596475863 · Participants: 13555Samsung 401(k) PlanJPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 44.552237022 · Participants: 176610JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings PlanVerizon Savings Plan for Management Employees, Total assets ($B): 27.825640157 · Participants: 78072Verizon Savings Plan for Management EmployeesJohnson and Johnson Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.177853595 · Participants: 41291Johnson and Johnson Savings PlanErnst & Young Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.543526764 · Participants: 59346Ernst & Young Retirement Savings PlanMerck US Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.424416176 · Participants: 26850Merck US Savings Plan
Samsung 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants
Compare Samsung 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Samsung 401(k) Plan

Samsung 401(k) Plan reports $2.6B in end-of-year assets across 13,555 participants (0.021% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.014% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $191,551 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $564M.

This plan identity (EIN 132951153, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.0B to $3.1B (+53.6%) while covered participants moved from 8,086 to 14,598 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 8,086 $2.0B Open filing
2023 13,555 $2.6B This page
2024 · index core 14,598 $3.1B Open filing

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

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

Outside New Jersey, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Fedex Corporation Retirement Savings Plan II in TN ($2.6B); by covered participants it is John Deere Tax Deferred Savings Plan in IL (13,538 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.6B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,555 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 Samsung 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Samsung 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 27.8% during 2023, from $2.0B to $2.6B. Reported net income was $564M.
How have Samsung Electronics America, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Samsung Electronics America, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 53.6%, from $2.0B to $3.1B.
Where does Samsung 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Samsung 401(k) 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 Samsung 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Fedex Corporation Retirement Savings Plan II in TN ($2.6B, 99,296 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Samsung 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is John Deere Tax Deferred Savings Plan in IL (13,538 participants, $1.8B 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 132951153.

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.