401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$6.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
33,407
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$189,453
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan · Sponsored by Automatic Data Processing, Inc. · New Jersey · Information & Media

$6.3B in assets, 33,407 participants

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan reported $6.3B in total assets and 33,407 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.

  • #2,800 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Coverage in New Jersey

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan covers 33,407 participants in New Jersey, 40x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $6.3B.

#2,800
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+20.6%
assets growth YoY
64×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$6,329,049,479 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

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and 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. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan is a mega filing (33,407 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$877M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $5.3B in the plan year 2022 filing to $6.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan reported participants rose from 31,257 in the plan year 2022 filing to 33,407 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 221467904 · Automatic Data Processing, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan · $6.3B · 33,407 · 100th

  • RANK $6.3B
  • RANK 33,407
  • RANK 100th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • RANK near Elevator Constructors Annuity and 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • RANK ind #2800

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 New Jersey →

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New Jersey filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$5.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$6.3B
Net Income$1.1B
Employer EIN221467904
Plan Effective Date1984-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Automatic Data Processing, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Automatic Data Processing, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$9.0B 31.782925277643375% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$6B$7B$8B$9B$10B 202220232024 $6.84B $9.02B ▲ +31.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 42,526 $6.8B
2023 2 43,909 $8.1B
2024 2 44,606 $9.0B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New Jersey

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

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.329049479 · Participants: 33407Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings 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
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants
Compare Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan reports $6.3B in end-of-year assets across 33,407 participants (0.051% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.036% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $189,453 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $1.1B.

This plan identity (EIN 221467904, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $5.3B to $7.3B (+38.4%) while covered participants moved from 31,257 to 34,557 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 31,257 $5.3B Open filing
2023 33,407 $6.3B This page
2024 · index core 34,557 $7.3B Open filing

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

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New Jersey, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Elevator Constructors Annuity and 401(k) Retirement Plan in PA ($6.3B); by covered participants it is Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Savings and Retirement Plan in OH (33,460 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($6.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (33,407 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 Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan grew sharply - up 20.6% during 2023, from $5.3B to $6.3B. Reported net income was $1.1B.
How have Automatic Data Processing, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 31.8%, from $6.8B to $9.0B.
Where does Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan 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 Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Elevator Constructors Annuity and 401(k) Retirement Plan in PA ($6.3B, 32,318 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Savings and Retirement Plan in OH (33,460 participants, $419M 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 221467904.

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.