401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.6B
Total assets Very large vs avg
12,114
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$215,594
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Workday, Inc. · California · Professional & Technical Services

$2.6B in assets, 12,114 participants

Workday, Inc.'s Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $2.6B in total assets and 12,114 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.

  • #20,110 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Coverage in California

Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 12,114 participants in California, 19x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $2.6B.

#20,110
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+30.5%
assets growth YoY
26×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,611,703,069 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

Workday, Inc. 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. Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (12,114 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.0B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.6B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from $558M in the plan year 2023 filing to $609M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 11,805 in the plan year 2023 filing to 12,114 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 202480422 · Workday, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $2.6B · 12,114 · 99th

  • NET $2.6B
  • NET 12,114
  • NET 99th
  • NET 401(k)
  • NET near Alaska Airlines, Inc. Pilots Investment and Savings Plan
  • NET ind #20110

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan$2.6BAlaska Airlines, Inc. Pilots Investment and Savings PlanAlaska Airlines, Inc. Pilots…$2.6BRegeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanRegeneron Pharmaceuticals, I…$2.6BLenovo Savings Plan$2.6BEnterprise 401(k) Plan$2.6B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Workday, 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)$2.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.6B
Net Income$609M
Employer EIN202480422
Plan Effective Date2010-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Workday, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Workday, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.6B 80.89172137442347% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.5B$2B$2.5B$3B 202220232024 $1.44B $2.61B ▲ +81.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 11,219 $1.4B
2023 1 11,805 $2.0B
2024 1 12,114 $2.6B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 0204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.611703069 · Participants: 12114Workday, 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
Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $2.6B in end-of-year assets across 12,114 participants (0.021% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $215,594 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $609M.

This plan identity (EIN 202480422, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.4B to $2.6B (+80.9%) while covered participants moved from 11,219 to 12,114 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 11,219 $1.4B Open filing
2023 11,805 $2.0B Open filing
2024 · index core 12,114 $2.6B This page

Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Alaska Airlines, Inc. Pilots Investment and Savings Plan in WA ($2.6B); by covered participants it is Syneos Health Savings and Retirement Plan in NC (12,111 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.6B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,114 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 Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan surged - up 30.5% during 2024, from $2.0B to $2.6B. Reported net income was $609M.
How have Workday, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Workday, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 80.9%, from $1.4B to $2.6B.
Where does Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Workday, Inc. 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 Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Alaska Airlines, Inc. Pilots Investment and Savings Plan in WA ($2.6B, 3,490 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Workday, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Syneos Health Savings and Retirement Plan in NC (12,111 participants, $1.6B 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 202480422.

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.