401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Caterpillar Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $749M
- Total assets
- 7,176
- Participants
- 98th
- Percentile by assets
- $104,365
- Avg per participant
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.
- 98th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- #16,329 in Manufacturing (16,886 peers)
Coverage in Texas
Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan covers 7,176 participants in Texas, 10x the typical Texas plan (state average ~704 per filing). Assets: $749M.
- $749M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 7,176
- covered participants
- 98th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $104,365
- avg assets per participant
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.
Participants vs Texas filers
In Texas, the average filing covers about 704 participants across 9,718 plans. Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan reports 7,176 participants - 10x that state average ($749M EOY assets).
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $679M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $749M |
| Net Income | $70M |
| Employer EIN | 370602744 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2004-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Caterpillar Inc.)
| 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
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan $43.1B · 109,889
- Exxonmobil Savings Plan $23.7B · 21,990
- Chevron Employee Savings Investment Plan $20.4B · 21,505
- Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan $18.8B · 43,873
- Southwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan $17.0B · 67,820
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 $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $104,365 per participant (76% 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 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $18.8B, 43,873 participants)
- Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $9.2B, 11,498 participants)
- Caterpillar Inc. Non-Contributory Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.4B, 1,749 participants)
Similar-Sized 401(k) Plans Nationally
401(k) plans in other states closest to Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Exact Sciences Corporation 401(k) Plan (WI) $749M · 6,344
- Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (WA) $748M · 1,465
- Atlassian 401(k) Plan (CA) $750M · 4,404
- Cozen Oconnor Profit Sharing Plan a (PA) $751M · 1,491
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Caterpillar Inc. Tax Deferred Retirement Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar 401(k) plans in Texas. Compare plans
- Caterpillar Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 17.5% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans