401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Msa Worldwide, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$415M
Total assets
2,276
Participants
97th
Percentile by assets
$182,534
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Msa Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Msa Worldwide, LLC · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

$415M in assets, 2,276 participants

Msa Worldwide, LLC's Msa Retirement Savings Plan reported $415M in total assets and 2,276 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • 97th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)

What the 2024 filing shows

Msa Retirement Savings Plan holds $415M for 2,276 participants - about $182,534 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 11.2% over the 2024 plan year.

$415M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
2,276
covered participants
97th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$182,534
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Manufacturing

401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Msa Retirement Savings Plan

Msa Retirement Savings Plan is a 401(k) retirement plan sponsored by Msa Worldwide, LLC, headquartered in Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $415M in total end-of-year assets and covers 2,276 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 464914866, and the plan has been effective since 1996-10-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $374M at the beginning of 2024 to $415M at year-end - up 11.2%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $415M, with reported net income of $42M 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 Msa Worldwide, LLC has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $819M to $990M, a gain of 21.0%, while reported participants moved from 3,558 to 3,925 (+10.3%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $990M; the softest was 2022 at $819M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $819M in assets across 2 plans covering 3,558 participants; 2023 - $915M in assets across 2 plans covering 3,832 participants; 2024 - $990M in assets across 2 plans covering 3,925 participants.

By assets, Msa Retirement Savings Plan outranks 97% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 4.2x 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 Msa Retirement Savings 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)$374M
Total Assets (End of Year)$415M
Net Assets (End of Year)$415M
Net Income$42M
Plan Type401(k)
Employer EIN464914866
Plan Effective Date1996-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Msa Worldwide, LLC)

$800M$900M$1,000M$1,100M 202220232024 $819M $990M ▲ +21.0%
Total plan assets by year, all Msa Worldwide, LLC 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 3,558 $819M
2023 2 3,832 $915M
2024 2 3,925 $990M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Msa Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants

Msa Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000100000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Msa Retirement Savin…Comcast Corporation …The Cigna Group 401(…The Vanguard Retirem…Thermo Fisher Scient…The PNC Financial Se…
Msa Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants

Similar-Sized 401(k) Plans Nationally

401(k) plans in other states closest to Msa Retirement Savings Plan by total assets, not by location.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Msa Retirement Savings Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Msa Retirement Savings Plan holds $415M in total assets with 2,276 participants. It is sponsored by Msa Worldwide, LLC.
What type of plan is Msa Retirement Savings Plan?
Msa Retirement Savings Plan is a 401(k) plan. It has been effective since 1996-10-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 464914866.
Who sponsors the Msa Retirement Savings Plan?
Msa Retirement Savings Plan is sponsored by Msa Worldwide, LLC, located in Pennsylvania. The sponsor's EIN is 464914866 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Msa Retirement Savings Plan perform in 2024?
Msa Retirement Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.2% during 2024, moving from $374M to $415M in total assets. Net income was $42M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Msa Retirement Savings Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Msa Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania. Compare plans
  • Msa Worldwide, LLC's sponsor-wide assets have grown 21.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
  • A 401(k) plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

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 464914866.

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.