401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.5B
Total assets Very large vs avg
11,878
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$122,989
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan · Sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina · South Carolina · Finance & Insurance

$1.5B in assets, 11,878 participants

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina's Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan reported $1.5B in total assets and 11,878 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.

  • #8,371 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)

Coverage in South Carolina

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan covers 11,878 participants in South Carolina, 32x the typical South Carolina plan (state average ~369 per filing). Assets: $1.5B.

#8,371
in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
+12.7%
assets growth YoY
15×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan's outsized position by total assets

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,460,862,801 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan is a mega filing (11,878 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan reported net income fell from $211M in the plan year 2023 filing to $165M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.5B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan reported participants rose from 11,348 in the plan year 2023 filing to 11,878 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 570287419 · Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina PY 2024 · 401(k)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan · $1.5B · 11,878 · 99th

  • ASSETS $1.5B
  • ASSETS 11,878
  • ASSETS 99th
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • ASSETS near Transdigm Inc. 401(k) Plan
  • ASSETS ind #8371

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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in South Carolina →

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction PlanBlue Cross Blue Shield of Sc…$1.5BTransdigm Inc. 401(k) Plan$1.5BFujifilm Long Term Savings PlanFujifilm Long Term Savings P…$1.5BCommercial Metals Companies Retirement PlanCommercial Metals Companies …$1.5BAndersen 401(k) Plan$1.5B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

South Carolina filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.5B
Net Income$165M
Employer EIN570287419
Plan Effective Date1983-01-26
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.7B 18.504108062214517% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.2B$2.4B$2.6B$2.8B 202220232024 $2.25B $2.66B ▲ +18.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 16,530 $2.2B
2023 2 15,692 $2.5B
2024 2 15,965 $2.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in South Carolina

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

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in South Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 5000100001500020000 12345 Total assets ($B) Participants Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.460862801 · Participants: 11878Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction PlanMichelin 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.477517422 · Participants: 15095Michelin 401(k) Savings PlanThe Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC Defined Contribution Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.829914985 · Participants: 9296The Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC Defined Contribution PlanSonoco Retirement & Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.663698617 · Participants: 11813Sonoco Retirement & Savings PlanThe Milliken Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.350798497 · Participants: 5733The Milliken Retirement PlanRetirement Savings Plan for Employees of Continental-Rubber, Total assets ($B): 1.25305374 · Participants: 11080Retirement Savings Plan for Employees of Continental-Rubber
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in South Carolina, assets vs. participants
Compare Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan reports $1.5B in end-of-year assets across 11,878 participants (0.012% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $122,989 per participant (89% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $165M.

This plan identity (EIN 570287419, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.1B to $1.5B (+34.6%) while covered participants moved from 11,881 to 11,878 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 11,881 $1.1B Open filing
2023 11,348 $1.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 11,878 $1.5B This page

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

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside South Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Transdigm Inc. 401(k) Plan in OH ($1.5B); by covered participants it is The Wendy's Company 401(k) Retirement Plan in OH (11,881 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.5B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11,878 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 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.7% during 2024, from $1.3B to $1.5B. Reported net income was $165M.
How have Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina's sponsor-wide assets grew 18.5%, from $2.2B to $2.7B.
Where does Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Transdigm Inc. 401(k) Plan in OH ($1.5B, 8,219 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Wendy's Company 401(k) Retirement Plan in OH (11,881 participants, $294M 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 570287419.

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.