401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

National Telecommunications Cooperative Association 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.0B
Total assets Very large vs avg
22,270
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$134,661
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members · Sponsored by National Telecommunications Cooperative Association · Virginia · Information & Media

$3.0B in assets, 22,270 participants

National Telecommunications Cooperative Association's Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members reported $3.0B in total assets and 22,270 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #2,785 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Coverage in Virginia

Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members covers 22,270 participants in Virginia, 28x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $3.0B.

#2,785
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+14.3%
assets growth YoY
30×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members's outsized position by total assets

Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,998,904,469 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members'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. Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members is a mega filing (22,270 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members reported net income rose from -$486M in the plan year 2022 filing to $357M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members end-of-year assets rose from $2.6B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members reported participants rose from 22,039 in the plan year 2022 filing to 22,270 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 520741336 · National Telecommunications Cooperative Association PY 2023 · 401(k)

Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members · $3.0B · 22,270 · 100th

  • VS-ST $3.0B
  • BOY 22,270
  • SCH 100th
  • EBSA 401(k)
  • PART near Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees Savings & Investment Plan
  • TYPE ind #2785

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 Virginia →

Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members in the asset neighbourhood

Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees Savings & Investment PlanColgate-Palmolive Company Em…$3.0BThe Wegmans Retirement Plans$3.0BSavings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its MembersSavings Plan for Employees o…$3.0BWsp USA Retirement Savings PlanWsp USA Retirement Savings P…$3.0BAmeren Corporation Savings Investment PlanAmeren Corporation Savings I…$3.0B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Virginia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.6B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.0B
Net Income$357M
Employer EIN520741336
Plan Effective Date1972-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (National Telecommunications Cooperative Association)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All National Telecommunications Cooperative Association plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$5.9B 21.4517316107359% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4.5B$5B$5.5B$6B 202220232024 $4.84B $5.88B ▲ +21.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 32,763 $4.8B
2023 2 32,322 $5.3B
2024 2 33,122 $5.9B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia

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

Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000120000 010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members, Total assets ($B): 2.998904469 · Participants: 22270Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its MembersNorthrop Grumman Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 36.173098625 · Participants: 97987Northrop Grumman Savings Plan401(k) Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.97867624 · Participants: 62467401(k) Pension PlanGeneral Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0, Total assets ($B): 11.167449098 · Participants: 48860General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0Leidos, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.583898778 · Participants: 27043Leidos, Inc. Retirement PlanBae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.406287325 · Participants: 31681Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan
Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members

Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members reports $3.0B in end-of-year assets across 22,270 participants (0.024% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.024% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $134,661 per participant (97% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $357M.

This plan identity (EIN 520741336, plan #334) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.6B to $3.4B (+28.0%) while covered participants moved from 22,039 to 23,134 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 22,039 $2.6B Open filing
2023 22,270 $3.0B This page
2024 · index core 23,134 $3.4B Open filing

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

Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees Savings & Investment Plan in NY ($3.0B); by covered participants it is Bristol-Myers Squibb Savings and Investment Program in NJ (22,254 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.0B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (22,270 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 Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members assets move in 2023? ▼
Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members grew at a solid clip - up 14.3% during 2023, from $2.6B to $3.0B. Reported net income was $357M.
How have National Telecommunications Cooperative Association plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), National Telecommunications Cooperative Association's sponsor-wide assets grew 21.5%, from $4.8B to $5.9B.
Where does Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members ranks in the 100th 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 Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees Savings & Investment Plan in NY ($3.0B, 5,087 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Bristol-Myers Squibb Savings and Investment Program in NJ (22,254 participants, $10.3B 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 520741336.

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.