401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Bnsf Railway Company 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4.8B
Total assets Very large vs avg
27,055
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$176,894
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Bnsf Railway Company · Texas · Transportation & Warehousing

$4.8B in assets, 27,055 participants

Bnsf Railway Company's Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan reported $4.8B in total assets and 27,055 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #3,278 in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan covers 27,055 participants in Texas, 39x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $4.8B.

#3,278
in Transportation & Warehousing (3,299 peers)
+15.7%
assets growth YoY
48×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$4,785,855,978 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement 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. Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan is a mega filing (27,055 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4.1B in the plan year 2023 filing to $4.8B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan reported net income rose from $563M in the plan year 2023 filing to $643M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 25,966 in the plan year 2023 filing to 27,055 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 416034000 · Bnsf Railway Company PY 2024 · 401(k)

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan · $4.8B · 27,055 · 100th

  • BOY $4.8B
  • BOY 27,055
  • BOY 100th
  • BOY 401(k)
  • BOY near Chs/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
  • BOY ind #3278

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 Transportation & Warehousing retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement PlanBnsf Railway Company Non-Sal…$4.8BChs/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanChs/Community Health Systems…$4.8BCardinal Health 401(k) Savings PlanCardinal Health 401(k) Savin…$4.8BBlackrock Retirement Savings PlanBlackrock Retirement Savings…$4.8BNvidia Corporation 401(k) PlanNvidia Corporation 401(k) Pl…$4.7B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$4.8B
Net Income$643M
Employer EIN416034000
Plan Effective Date1995-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bnsf Railway Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bnsf Railway Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4.8B 33.80296846842859% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B$5B 202220232024 $3.58B $4.79B ▲ +33.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 27,463 $3.6B
2023 1 25,966 $4.1B
2024 1 27,055 $4.8B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

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

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000120000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.785855978 · Participants: 27055Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 43.121795 · Participants: 109889AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.711 · Participants: 21990Exxonmobil Savings PlanChevron Employee Savings Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 20.378704663 · Participants: 21505Chevron Employee Savings Investment PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.81200478 · Participants: 43873Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanSouthwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.991748637 · Participants: 67820Southwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan
Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan reports $4.8B in end-of-year assets across 27,055 participants (0.039% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.029% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $176,894 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $643M.

This plan identity (EIN 416034000, plan #006) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.6B to $4.8B (+33.8%) while covered participants moved from 27,463 to 27,055 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 27,463 $3.6B Open filing
2023 25,966 $4.1B Open filing
2024 · index core 27,055 $4.8B This page

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Chs/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in TN ($4.8B); by covered participants it is Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan in NC (27,070 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.8B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (27,055 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 Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 15.7% during 2024, from $4.1B to $4.8B. Reported net income was $643M.
How have Bnsf Railway Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bnsf Railway Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 33.8%, from $3.6B to $4.8B.
Where does Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan ranks in the 100th 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 Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Chs/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in TN ($4.8B, 59,441 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan in NC (27,070 participants, $9.3B 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 416034000.

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.