401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Blue Origin, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.2B
Total assets Very large vs avg
10,830
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$109,226
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Blue 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Blue Origin, LLC · Washington · Manufacturing

$1.2B in assets, 10,830 participants

Blue Origin, LLC's Blue 401(k) Plan reported $1.2B in total assets and 10,830 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.

  • #17,372 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Washington

Blue 401(k) Plan covers 10,830 participants in Washington, 7.3x the typical Washington plan (state average ~1,476 per filing). Assets: $1.2B.

#17,372
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+45.7%
assets growth YoY
12×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Blue 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Blue 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,182,913,697 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 401(k) 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 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (10,830 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Blue 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $812M in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.2B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Blue 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 9,361 in the plan year 2023 filing to 10,830 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Blue 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from $340M in the plan year 2023 filing to $370M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 611770771 · Blue Origin, LLC PY 2024 · 401(k)

Blue 401(k) Plan · $1.2B · 10,830 · 99th

  • ASSETS $1.2B
  • ASSETS 10,830
  • ASSETS 99th
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • ASSETS near Annuity Fund of Local No. One, I. a. T. S. E.
  • ASSETS ind #17372

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Washington →

Blue 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Blue 401(k) Plan$1.2BAnnuity Fund of Local No. One, I. a. T. S. E.Annuity Fund of Local No. On…$1.2BSpirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings PlanSpirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots…$1.2BVirtua 401(k) Savings Plan$1.2BFlowserve Corporation Retirement Savings PlanFlowserve Corporation Retire…$1.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Blue 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Washington filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$812M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.2B
Net Income$370M
Employer EIN611770771
Plan Effective Date2004-07-05
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Blue Origin, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Blue Origin, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.2B 150.73196650235977% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0B$0.5B$1B$1.5B 202220232024 $0.47B $1.18B ▲ +151.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 4,508 $472M
2023 1 9,361 $812M
2024 1 10,830 $1.2B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Washington

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

Blue 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500000050000010000001500000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Blue 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.182913697 · Participants: 10830Blue 401(k) PlanThe Boeing Company 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 73.910477714 · Participants: 139394The Boeing Company 401(k) Retirement PlanMicrosoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 65.646011638 · Participants: 118818Microsoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) PlanCostco 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 41.017392708 · Participants: 202468Costco 401(k) Retirement PlanAmazon 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 34.593744657 · Participants: 1209303Amazon 401(k) Plan401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.074085187 · Participants: 86668401(k) Savings Plan
Blue 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants
Compare Blue 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Blue 401(k) Plan

Blue 401(k) Plan reports $1.2B in end-of-year assets across 10,830 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.012% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $109,226 per participant (79% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $370M.

This plan identity (EIN 611770771, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $472M to $1.2B (+150.7%) while covered participants moved from 4,508 to 10,830 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 4,508 $472M Open filing
2023 9,361 $812M Open filing
2024 · index core 10,830 $1.2B This page

Blue 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Washington, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Annuity Fund of Local No. One, I. a. T. S. E. in NY ($1.2B); by covered participants it is American Multi-Cinema, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in KS (10,828 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.2B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,830 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 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Blue 401(k) Plan surged - up 45.7% during 2024, from $812M to $1.2B. Reported net income was $370M.
How have Blue Origin, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Blue Origin, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 150.7%, from $472M to $1.2B.
Where does Blue 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Blue 401(k) 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 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Annuity Fund of Local No. One, I. a. T. S. E. in NY ($1.2B, 20,955 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Blue 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is American Multi-Cinema, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in KS (10,828 participants, $260M 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 611770771.

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.