401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Cadence Design Systems Inc 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$2.1B
Total assets
3,690
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$566,959
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Cadence Design Systems Inc · California · Manufacturing

Cadence Design Systems Inc's Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $2.1B in total assets and 3,690 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

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan holds $2.1B for 3,690 participants - about $566,959 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, up 17.8% over the 2024 plan year.

$2.1B
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
3,690
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$566,959
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Manufacturing

401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a 401(k) retirement plan sponsored by Cadence Design Systems Inc, headquartered in California. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $2.1B in total end-of-year assets and covers 3,690 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 770148231, and the plan has been effective since 1984-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew sharply from $1.8B at the beginning of 2024 to $2.1B at year-end - up 17.8%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $2.1B, with reported net income of $316M 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 Cadence Design Systems Inc has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $1.5B to $2.1B, a gain of 43.1%, while reported participants moved from 3,101 to 3,690 (+19.0%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $2.1B; the softest was 2022 at $1.5B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $1.5B in assets across 1 plan covering 3,101 participants; 2023 - $1.8B in assets across 1 plan covering 3,437 participants; 2024 - $2.1B in assets across 1 plan covering 3,690 participants.

By assets, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan outranks 99% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 21x 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 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) 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)$1.8B
Total Assets (End of Year)$2.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.1B
Net Income$316M
Plan Type401(k)
Employer EIN770148231
Plan Effective Date1984-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cadence Design Systems Inc)

$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B$1.8B$2B$2.2B 202220232024 $1.46B $2.09B ▲ +43.2%
Total plan assets by year, all Cadence Design Systems Inc 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 3,101 $1.5B
2023 1 3,437 $1.8B
2024 1 3,690 $2.1B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan holds $2.1B in total assets with 3,690 participants. It is sponsored by Cadence Design Systems Inc.
What type of plan is Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan?
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a 401(k) plan. It has been effective since 1984-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 770148231.
Who sponsors the Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan?
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan is sponsored by Cadence Design Systems Inc, located in California. The sponsor's EIN is 770148231 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan perform in 2024?
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 17.8% during 2024, moving from $1.8B to $2.1B in total assets. Net income was $316M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar 401(k) plans in California. Compare plans
  • Cadence Design Systems Inc's sponsor-wide assets have grown 43.1% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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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 770148231.

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.