401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

General Atomics 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.8B
Total assets Very large vs avg
12,242
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$226,016
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by General Atomics · California · Professional & Technical Services

$2.8B in assets, 12,242 participants

General Atomics's General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported $2.8B in total assets and 12,242 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.

  • #20,115 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Coverage in California

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan covers 12,242 participants in California, 19x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $2.8B.

#20,115
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+17.3%
assets growth YoY
28×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,766,885,837 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings 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. General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (12,242 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.4B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.8B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from $367M in the plan year 2023 filing to $409M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 12,056 in the plan year 2023 filing to 12,242 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 953735102 · General Atomics PY 2024 · 401(k)

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · $2.8B · 12,242 · 99th

  • RANK $2.8B
  • PHOTO 12,242
  • IND 99th
  • EOY 401(k)
  • 5500 near Unfi 401(k) Plan
  • ASSETS ind #20115

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Turner Retirement Investment PlanTurner Retirement Investment…$2.8BGeneral Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanGeneral Atomics 401(k) Retir…$2.8BUnfi 401(k) Plan$2.8BGordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing PlanGordon Food Service, Inc. Pr…$2.8BS&c 401(k) Retirement Savings & ESOPS&c 401(k) Retirement Saving…$2.8B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.4B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.8B
Net Income$409M
Employer EIN953735102
Plan Effective Date1967-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (General Atomics)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All General Atomics plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.8B 36.68831498821244% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.5B$3B$3.5B$4B 202220232024 $2.78B $3.8B ▲ +36.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 24,919 $2.8B
2023 2 24,141 $3.3B
2024 2 24,200 $3.8B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 0204060 Total assets ($B) Participants General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.766885837 · Participants: 12242General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.738057415 · Participants: 116712Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 31.02646504 · Participants: 58962Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.850880304 · Participants: 55298Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.714519387 · Participants: 101450Apple 401(k) PlanCisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.728425546 · Participants: 40452Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan
General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reports $2.8B in end-of-year assets across 12,242 participants (0.022% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $226,016 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $409M.

This plan identity (EIN 953735102, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.0B to $2.8B (+39.0%) while covered participants moved from 12,430 to 12,242 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 12,430 $2.0B Open filing
2023 12,056 $2.4B Open filing
2024 · index core 12,242 $2.8B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Unfi 401(k) Plan in RI ($2.8B); by covered participants it is Wipro Limited 401(k) Plan in NJ (12,243 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.8B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,242 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 General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan grew sharply - up 17.3% during 2024, from $2.4B to $2.8B. Reported net income was $409M.
How have General Atomics plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), General Atomics's sponsor-wide assets grew 36.7%, from $2.8B to $3.8B.
Where does General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 99th 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 General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Unfi 401(k) Plan in RI ($2.8B, 26,416 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to General Atomics 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Wipro Limited 401(k) Plan in NJ (12,243 participants, $831M 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 953735102.

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.