401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
13,502
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$320,739
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Massmutual Thrift Plan · Sponsored by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company · Massachusetts · Finance & Insurance

$4.3B in assets, 13,502 participants

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company's Massmutual Thrift Plan reported $4.3B in total assets and 13,502 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #8,486 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Massmutual Thrift Plan covers 13,502 participants in Massachusetts, 21x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $4.3B.

#8,486
in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
+10.0%
assets growth YoY
43×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Massmutual Thrift Plan's outsized position by total assets

Massmutual Thrift Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$4,330,613,063 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Massmutual Thrift Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Massmutual Thrift Plan is a mega filing (13,502 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Massmutual Thrift Plan reported net income fell from $388M in the plan year 2023 filing to $315M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Massmutual Thrift Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.9B in the plan year 2023 filing to $4.3B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Massmutual Thrift Plan reported participants fell from 14,565 in the plan year 2023 filing to 13,502 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 041590850 · Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company PY 2024 · 401(k)

Massmutual Thrift Plan · $4.3B · 13,502 · 100th

  • BOOK $4.3B
  • BOOK 13,502
  • BOOK 100th
  • BOOK 401(k)
  • BOOK near H-E-B Savings & Retirement Plan
  • BOOK ind #8486

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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →

Massmutual Thrift Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Koch Employees' Savings Plan$4.3BCbre 401(k) Plan$4.3BMassmutual Thrift Plan$4.3BH-E-B Savings & Retirement PlanH-E-B Savings & Retirement P…$4.3BRbc- U.S.a. Retirement and Savings PlanRbc- U.S.a. Retirement and S…$4.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Massmutual Thrift Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.9B
Net Assets (End of Year)$4.3B
Net Income$315M
Employer EIN041590850
Plan Effective Date1974-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7.0B 12.184255137909904% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$6B$6.5B$7B$7.5B 202220232024 $6.23B $6.98B ▲ +12.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 30,601 $6.2B
2023 4 29,481 $6.7B
2024 4 27,323 $7.0B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Massmutual Thrift Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Massmutual Thrift Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.330613063 · Participants: 13502Massmutual Thrift PlanFidelity Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 34.201609937 · Participants: 66907Fidelity Retirement Savings PlanLiberty Mutual 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.352606499 · Participants: 34618Liberty Mutual 401(k) PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.720373045 · Participants: 14762Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) PlanBoston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.775289067 · Participants: 20639Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanState Street Salary Savings Program, Total assets ($B): 6.532301643 · Participants: 12777State Street Salary Savings Program
Massmutual Thrift Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Massmutual Thrift Plan

Massmutual Thrift Plan reports $4.3B in end-of-year assets across 13,502 participants (0.035% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.014% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $320,739 per participant (2.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $315M.

This plan identity (EIN 041590850, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.6B to $4.3B (+22.0%) while covered participants moved from 15,229 to 13,502 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 15,229 $3.6B Open filing
2023 14,565 $3.9B Open filing
2024 · index core 13,502 $4.3B This page

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

Massmutual Thrift Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is H-E-B Savings & Retirement Plan in TX ($4.3B); by covered participants it is Smithfield Foods, Inc. Bargaining 401(k) Plan in VA (13,513 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,502 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 Massmutual Thrift Plan assets move in 2024?
Massmutual Thrift Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.0% during 2024, from $3.9B to $4.3B. Reported net income was $315M.
How have Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 12.2%, from $6.2B to $7.0B.
Where does Massmutual Thrift Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Massmutual Thrift Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Massmutual Thrift Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is H-E-B Savings & Retirement Plan in TX ($4.3B, 104,613 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Massmutual Thrift Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Smithfield Foods, Inc. Bargaining 401(k) Plan in VA (13,513 participants, $340M in assets).