401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 11,492
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $185,631
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by The Hershey Company · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing
$2.1B in assets, 11,492 participants
The Hershey Company's The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan reported $2.1B in total assets and 11,492 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.
- #17,542 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Pennsylvania
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan covers 11,492 participants in Pennsylvania, 14x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $2.1B.
- #17,542
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +6.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 21×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$2,133,276,680 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
The Hershey Company 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. The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (11,492 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $237M in the plan year 2023 filing to $135M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.0B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.1B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 10,921 in the plan year 2023 filing to 11,492 in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 230691590 · The Hershey Company PY 2024 · 401(k)
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan · $2.1B · 11,492 · 99th
- SCH $2.1B
- EBSA 11,492
- PART 99th
- TYPE 401(k)
- NET near Hmh 401(k) Savings Plan
- BOOK ind #17542
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 Pennsylvania →
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Pennsylvania filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.1B |
| Net Income | $135M |
| Employer EIN | 230691590 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1985-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Hershey Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Hershey Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.9B 11.883862972141115% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 12,923 | $2.6B |
| 2023 | 5 | 14,683 | $2.8B |
| 2024 | 4 | 14,048 | $2.9B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan $19.7B · 90,495
- The Cigna Group 401(k) Plan $14.2B · 63,634
- The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan $11.1B · 18,066
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan $10.3B · 36,150
- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan $10.2B · 54,604
Scale composition for The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan reports $2.1B in end-of-year assets across 11,492 participants (0.017% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.012% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $185,631 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $135M.
This plan identity (EIN 230691590, plan #010) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.8B to $2.1B (+21.1%) while covered participants moved from 10,065 to 11,492 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,065 | $1.8B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 10,921 | $2.0B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 11,492 | $2.1B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- The Hershey Company Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $730M, 2,280 participants)
The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Hmh 401(k) Savings Plan in NJ ($2.1B); by covered participants it is Corecivic 401(k) Plan in TN (11,493 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.1B here).
- Hmh 401(k) Savings Plan (NJ) $2.1B · 35,701
- San Diego Gas & Electric Company Savings Plan (CA) $2.1B · 4,931
- Molson Coors Employees' Retirement and Savings Plan (WI) $2.1B · 5,499
- Allianz Asset Accumulation Plan (MN) $2.1B · 5,354
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11,492 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Corecivic 401(k) Plan (TN) 11,493 · 1 off
- Capgemini Safe Harbor 401(k) Plan (NY) 11,491 · 1 off
- Lennar Corporation 401(k) Plan (FL) 11,477 · 15 off
- Villagemd 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (NY) 11,509 · 17 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.