401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

California Physicians Service, Dba Blue Shield of Ca 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$1.7B
Total assets
7,242
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$232,386
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan · Sponsored by California Physicians Service, Dba Blue Shield of Ca · California · Finance & Insurance

California Physicians Service, Dba Blue Shield of Ca's Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan reported $1.7B in total assets and 7,242 participants in its 2024 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.

What the 2024 filing shows

Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan holds $1.7B for 7,242 participants - about $232,386 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, up 17.2% over the 2024 plan year.

$1.7B
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
7,242
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$232,386
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Finance & Insurance

401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan

Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan is a 401(k) retirement plan sponsored by California Physicians Service, Dba Blue Shield of Ca, headquartered in California. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $1.7B in total end-of-year assets and covers 7,242 participants across the Finance & Insurance industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 940360524, and the plan has been effective since 1983-10-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew sharply from $1.4B at the beginning of 2024 to $1.7B at year-end - up 17.2%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $1.7B, with reported net income of $247M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years California Physicians Service, Dba Blue Shield of Ca has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $1.7B to $2.2B, a gain of 32.5%, while reported participants moved from 11,173 to 9,714 (-13.1%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $2.2B; the softest was 2022 at $1.7B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $1.7B in assets across 2 plans covering 11,173 participants; 2023 - $2.0B in assets across 2 plans covering 10,587 participants; 2024 - $2.2B in assets across 2 plans covering 9,714 participants.

By assets, Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan outranks 99% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 17x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.4B
Total Assets (End of Year)$1.7B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.7B
Net Income$247M
Plan Type401(k)
Employer EIN940360524
Plan Effective Date1983-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (California Physicians Service, Dba Blue Shield of Ca)

$1.6B$1.8B$2B$2.2B$2.4B 202220232024 $1.69B $2.24B ▲ +32.5%
Total plan assets by year, all California Physicians Service, Dba Blue Shield of Ca 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 11,173 $1.7B
2023 2 10,587 $2.0B
2024 2 9,714 $2.2B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan holds $1.7B in total assets with 7,242 participants. It is sponsored by California Physicians Service, Dba Blue Shield of Ca.
What type of plan is Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan?
Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan is a 401(k) plan. It has been effective since 1983-10-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 940360524.
Who sponsors the Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan?
Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan is sponsored by California Physicians Service, Dba Blue Shield of Ca, located in California. The sponsor's EIN is 940360524 and the plan operates in the Finance & Insurance industry.
How did Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan perform in 2024?
Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan grew sharply - up 17.2% during 2024, moving from $1.4B to $1.7B in total assets. Net income was $247M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Blue Shield of California Tax Deferred Salary Investment Plan's numbers.

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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 940360524.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.