401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$80M
Total assets Below avg plan size
5,362
Participants Above avg headcount
89th
Percentile by assets National rank
$14,890
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees · Sponsored by Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company · Pennsylvania · Food Services & Accommodation

$80M in assets, 5,362 participants

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company's Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees reported $80M in total assets and 5,362 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.

  • #3,555 in Food Services & Accommodation (3,672 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees covers 5,362 participants in Pennsylvania, 6.5x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $80M.

#3,555
in Food Services & Accommodation (3,672 peers)
+17.2%
assets growth YoY
0.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees's outsized position by total assets

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees vs every filed plan by assets

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

$79,841,518 Top 11% higher than 89% 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

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees lands in the large band (5,362 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees reported participants rose from 1,576 in the plan year 2023 filing to 5,362 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees end-of-year assets rose from $68M in the plan year 2023 filing to $80M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees reported net income rose from $9M in the plan year 2023 filing to $10M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 230691815 · Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company PY 2024 · 401(k)

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees · $80M · 5,362 · 89th

  • EOY $80M
  • EOY 5,362
  • EOY 89th
  • EOY 401(k)
  • EOY near Johnson Electric 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • EOY ind #3555

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 Food Services & Accommodation retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees in the asset neighbourhood

Wachter Employees' 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanWachter Employees' 401(k) Pr…$80MHershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly EmployeesHershey Entertainment & Reso…$80MJohnson Electric 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanJohnson Electric 401(k) Reti…$80MHowden Re 401(k) & Profit Sharing PlanHowden Re 401(k) & Profit Sh…$80MGabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company Holdings, Inc. Savings and Thrift PlanGabriel, Roeder, Smith & Com…$80M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$68M
Net Assets (End of Year)$80M
Net Income$10M
Employer EIN230691815
Plan Effective Date1987-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$215M 33.54882953518419% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$140M$160M$180M$200M$220M$240M 202220232024 $161M $215M ▲ +33.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 2,177 $161M
2023 3 2,565 $191M
2024 3 6,368 $215M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.079841518 · Participants: 5362Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly EmployeesComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.687957793 · Participants: 90495Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanThe Cigna Group 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.20308608 · Participants: 63634The Cigna Group 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.084818612 · Participants: 18066The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.263366209 · Participants: 36150Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.189629 · Participants: 54604The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees reports $80M in end-of-year assets across 5,362 participants (0.001% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $14,890 per participant (11% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $10M.

This plan identity (EIN 230691815, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $58M to $80M (+38.0%) while covered participants moved from 1,303 to 5,362 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 1,303 $58M Open filing
2023 1,576 $68M Open filing
2024 · index core 5,362 $80M This page

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

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Johnson Electric 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in OH ($80M); by covered participants it is Crowe LLP Retirement Plan in IN (5,365 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,362 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 Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees assets move in 2024?
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees grew sharply - up 17.2% during 2024, from $68M to $80M. Reported net income was $10M.
How have Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 33.5%, from $161M to $215M.
Where does Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees ranks in the 89th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Johnson Electric 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in OH ($80M, 878 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Crowe LLP Retirement Plan in IN (5,365 participants, $1.3B in assets).