401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$33M
Total assets Below avg plan size
134
Participants Small participant base
79th
Percentile by assets National rank
$244,082
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. · California · Other Services

$33M in assets, 134 participants

Writers Guild of America, West, Inc.'s Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $33M in total assets and 134 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 79th 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.

  • #6,905 in Other Services (7,719 peers)

Coverage in California

Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 134 participants in California, about 21% of the average California filer (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $33M.

#6,905
in Other Services (7,719 peers)
+6.2%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$32,706,982 Top 21% higher than 79% 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

Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (134 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $4M in the plan year 2023 filing to $2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $31M in the plan year 2023 filing to $33M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 136 in the plan year 2023 filing to 134 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 951809455 · Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $33M · 134 · 79th

  • PART $33M
  • TYPE 134
  • NET 79th
  • BOOK 401(k)
  • VS-ST near Hopehealth, Inc. 401(k) Safe Harbor Plan
  • BOY ind #6905

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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$31M
Net Assets (End of Year)$33M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN951809455
Plan Effective Date1997-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Writers Guild of America, West, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$33M 21.393276537614064% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$26M$28M$30M$32M$34M 202220232024 $26.9M $32.7M ▲ +21.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 134 $27M
2023 1 136 $31M
2024 1 134 $33M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.032706982 · Participants: 134Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) 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
Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Hopehealth, Inc. 401(k) Safe Harbor Plan in SC ($33M); by covered participants it is Whalar 401(k) Plan in NY (134 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (134 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 Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 6.2% during 2024, from $31M to $33M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Writers Guild of America, West, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 21.4%, from $27M to $33M.
Where does Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 79th 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 Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hopehealth, Inc. 401(k) Safe Harbor Plan in SC ($33M, 633 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Whalar 401(k) Plan in NY (134 participants, $6M 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 951809455.

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.