401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $696M
- Total assets
- 617
- Participants
- 98th
- Percentile by assets
- $1.1M
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Guardian Life Employees Incentive Savings Plan · Sponsored by The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America · New York · Finance & Insurance
$696M in assets, 617 participants
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America's Guardian Life Employees Incentive Savings Plan reported $696M in total assets and 617 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 123,622 plans)
- #8,221 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
Where Guardian Life Employees Incentive Savings Plan sits by assets
Guardian Life Employees Incentive Savings Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $696M for 617 participants (~$1.1M/participant), up 2.1% in 2024.
- $696M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 617
- covered participants
- 98th
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $1.1M
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Guardian Life Employees Incentive Savings Plan reported net income fell from $39M in the plan year 2023 filing to $15M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Guardian Life Employees Incentive Savings Plan reported participants fell from 676 in the plan year 2023 filing to 617 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Guardian Life Employees Incentive Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $682M in the plan year 2023 filing to $696M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Guardian Life Employees Incentive Savings Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, Guardian Life Employees Incentive Savings Plan outranks 98% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 7.0x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $682M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $696M |
| Net Income | $15M |
| Employer EIN | 135123390 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1968-08-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 13,971 | $3.7B |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,791 | $3.9B |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,888 | $4.0B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Guardian Life Employees Incentive Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
- IBM 401(k) Plan $60.4B · 52,674
- Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan $22.2B · 53,860
- Pfizer Savings Plan $22.0B · 33,309
- The Pepsico Savings Plan $14.9B · 137,398
- The Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan $12.8B · 23,227
Similar-Sized 401(k) Plans Nationally
401(k) plans in other states closest to Guardian Life Employees Incentive Savings Plan by total assets, not by location.
- The Gates Matchmaker Plan (CO) $696M · 3,800
- Cf Industries Holdings, Inc. 401(k) Plan (IL) $696M · 2,113
- Confluence Health 401(k) Plan (WA) $697M · 3,624
- Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. Pilots' 401(k) Plan (HI) $696M · 1,140
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- The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America's sponsor-wide assets have grown 10.1% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Finance & Insurance plans