401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
The Hearst Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 14,150
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $221,646
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Hearst Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by The Hearst Corporation · North Carolina · Information & Media
$3.1B in assets, 14,150 participants
The Hearst Corporation's Hearst Retirement Savings Plan reported $3.1B in total assets and 14,150 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.
- #2,788 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
Coverage in North Carolina
Hearst Retirement Savings Plan covers 14,150 participants in North Carolina, 17x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~819 per filing). Assets: $3.1B.
- #2,788
- in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
- +15.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 31×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Hearst Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Hearst Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$3,136,288,050 Highest reported value at or above every one of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Hearst Retirement Savings 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. Hearst Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (14,150 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Hearst Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.7B in the plan year 2023 filing to $3.1B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Hearst Retirement Savings Plan reported net income fell from $459M in the plan year 2023 filing to $428M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Hearst Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 13,955 in the plan year 2023 filing to 14,150 in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 130433120 · The Hearst Corporation PY 2024 · 401(k)
Hearst Retirement Savings Plan · $3.1B · 14,150 · 100th
- NET $3.1B
- NET 14,150
- NET 100th
- NET 401(k)
- NET near Aon Pooled Employer Plan
- NET ind #2788
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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in North Carolina →
Hearst Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
North Carolina filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.1B |
| Net Income | $428M |
| Employer EIN | 130433120 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1987-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Hearst Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Hearst Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $6.1B 25.51061709381907% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 13,694 | $4.8B |
| 2023 | 9 | 16,844 | $5.6B |
| 2024 | 9 | 17,329 | $6.1B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Carolina
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- The Bank of America 401(k) Plan $62.9B · 168,963
- Honeywell 401(k) Plan $16.3B · 39,468
- Duke Energy Retirement Savings Plan $11.3B · 27,341
- Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan $9.3B · 27,070
- Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan $9.2B · 52,699
Scale composition for Hearst Retirement Savings Plan
Hearst Retirement Savings Plan reports $3.1B in end-of-year assets across 14,150 participants (0.025% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $221,646 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $428M.
This plan identity (EIN 130433120, plan #071) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.2B to $3.1B (+39.4%) while covered participants moved from 10,500 to 14,150 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,500 | $2.2B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 13,955 | $2.7B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 14,150 | $3.1B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.4B, 1,745 participants)
- The Hearst Corporation Broadcast Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $416M, 491 participants)
Hearst Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside North Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Aon Pooled Employer Plan in IL ($3.1B); by covered participants it is Anheuser-Busch 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan in MO (14,148 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.1B here).
- Aon Pooled Employer Plan (IL) $3.1B · 48,473
- Best Buy Retirement Savings Plan (MN) $3.1B · 85,980
- Envision Healthcare Operating Inc. 401(k) Plan (TN) $3.1B · 16,805
- Samsung 401(k) Plan (NJ) $3.1B · 14,598
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (14,150 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Anheuser-Busch 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (MO) 14,148 · 2 off
- Cornerstone Building Brands 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (TX) 14,166 · 16 off
- Sp+ 401(k) Savings Plan (IL) 14,168 · 18 off
- Discount Tire/America's Tire Retirement Plan (AZ) 14,124 · 26 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.