401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Caterpillar Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$749M
Total assets Above avg plan size
7,176
Participants Above avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$104,365
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Caterpillar Inc. · Texas · Manufacturing

$749M in assets, 7,176 participants

Caterpillar Inc.'s Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan reported $749M in total assets and 7,176 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #17,202 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan covers 7,176 participants in Texas, 10x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $749M.

#17,202
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+10.4%
assets growth YoY
7.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$748,925,175 Top 2% higher than 98% of 123,620 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 2024

Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan lands in the large band (7,176 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $100M in the plan year 2023 filing to $70M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 6,387 in the plan year 2023 filing to 7,176 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $679M in the plan year 2023 filing to $749M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 370602744 · Caterpillar Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan · $749M · 7,176 · 98th

  • 5500 $749M
  • ASSETS 7,176
  • PCT 98th
  • EIN 401(k)
  • RANK near Exact Sciences Corporation 401(k) Plan
  • PHOTO ind #17202

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 Texas →

Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Atlassian 401(k) Plan$750MCaterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement PlanCaterpillar Inc. Tax Deferre…$749MExact Sciences Corporation 401(k) PlanExact Sciences Corporation 4…$749MDavis Wright Tremaine LLP 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanDavis Wright Tremaine LLP 40…$748MP & M Holding Group, LLP & Affiliated Entities Tax Savings PlanP & M Holding Group, LLP & A…$747M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$679M
Net Assets (End of Year)$749M
Net Income$70M
Employer EIN370602744
Plan Effective Date2004-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Caterpillar Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Caterpillar Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$31.2B 17.462816221366566% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$26B$28B$30B$32B 202220232024 $26.6B $31.2B ▲ +17.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 6 59,865 $26.6B
2023 6 62,525 $29.7B
2024 6 64,709 $31.2B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

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

Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.748925175 · Participants: 7176Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 43.121795 · Participants: 109889AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.711 · Participants: 21990Exxonmobil Savings PlanChevron Employee Savings Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 20.378704663 · Participants: 21505Chevron Employee Savings Investment PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.81200478 · Participants: 43873Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanSouthwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.991748637 · Participants: 67820Southwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan
Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan

Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan reports $749M in end-of-year assets across 7,176 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $104,365 per participant (75% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $70M.

This plan identity (EIN 370602744, plan #033) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $578M to $749M (+29.5%) while covered participants moved from 6,016 to 7,176 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,016 $578M Open filing
2023 6,387 $679M Open filing
2024 · index core 7,176 $749M This page

The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Exact Sciences Corporation 401(k) Plan in WI ($749M); by covered participants it is Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan in PA (7,183 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($749M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,176 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.4% during 2024, from $679M to $749M. Reported net income was $70M.
How have Caterpillar Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Caterpillar Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 17.5%, from $26.6B to $31.2B.
Where does Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Exact Sciences Corporation 401(k) Plan in WI ($749M, 6,344 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan in PA (7,183 participants, $258M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 370602744.

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.