401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$73M
Total assets
687
Participants
88th
Percentile by assets
$105,863
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. · California · Manufacturing

What the 2024 filing shows

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan holds $73M for 687 participants - about $105,863 per participant, in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, up 9.6% over the 2024 plan year.

$73M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
687
covered participants
88th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$105,863
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Manufacturing

401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a 401(k) retirement plan sponsored by Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., headquartered in California. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $73M in total end-of-year assets and covers 687 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 161590339, and the plan has been effective since 2005-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $66M at the beginning of 2024 to $73M at year-end - up 9.6%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $73M, with reported net income of $6M 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 Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $54M to $73M, a gain of 35.4%, while reported participants moved from 662 to 687 (+3.8%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $73M; the softest was 2022 at $54M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $54M in assets across 1 plan covering 662 participants; 2023 - $66M in assets across 1 plan covering 677 participants; 2024 - $73M in assets across 1 plan covering 687 participants.

By assets, Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan outranks 88% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 0.7x 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 Pacific Biosciences of California, 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)$66M
Total Assets (End of Year)$73M
Net Assets (End of Year)$73M
Net Income$6M
Plan Type401(k)
Employer EIN161590339
Plan Effective Date2005-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 662 $54M
2023 1 677 $66M
2024 1 687 $73M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan holds $73M in total assets with 687 participants. It is sponsored by Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc..
What type of plan is Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan?
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a 401(k) plan. It has been effective since 2005-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 161590339.
Who sponsors the Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan?
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan is sponsored by Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., located in California. The sponsor's EIN is 161590339 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan perform in 2024?
Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.6% during 2024, moving from $66M to $73M in total assets. Net income was $6M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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  • Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 35.4% 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 161590339.

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 2026-05-15.