401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$670M
Total assets Above avg plan size
2,852
Participants Above avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$235,044
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan · Sponsored by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · New Jersey · Information & Media

$670M in assets, 2,852 participants

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan reported $670M in total assets and 2,852 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #2,712 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Coverage in New Jersey

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan covers 2,852 participants in New Jersey, 3.4x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $670M.

#2,712
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
+2.9%
assets growth YoY
6.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$670,345,481 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan lands in the large band (2,852 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan reported net income fell from $90M in the plan year 2023 filing to $59M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan reported participants fell from 3,565 in the plan year 2023 filing to 2,852 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $651M in the plan year 2023 filing to $670M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 135593032 · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan · $670M · 2,852 · 98th

  • 5500 $670M
  • ASSETS 2,852
  • PCT 98th
  • EIN 401(k)
  • RANK near Havas North America 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • PHOTO ind #2712

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 New Jersey →

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a)C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Sa…$671MJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings PlanJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. Empl…$670MHavas North America 401(k) Retirement PlanHavas North America 401(k) R…$670MSan Francisco Electrical Workers Retirement Savings PlanSan Francisco Electrical Wor…$670MMitsubishi Chemical America Employees' Savings PlanMitsubishi Chemical America …$670M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New Jersey filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$651M
Net Assets (End of Year)$670M
Net Income$59M
Employer EIN135593032
Plan Effective Date1977-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All John Wiley & Sons, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$845M 12.86853125072868% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$700M$750M$800M$850M$900M 202220232024 $748M $845M ▲ +12.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 3,591 $748M
2023 2 3,961 $825M
2024 2 3,193 $845M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New Jersey

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

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.670345481 · Participants: 2852John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings PlanJPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 52.9134575 · Participants: 185532JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings PlanVerizon Savings Plan for Management Employees, Total assets ($B): 29.376133902 · Participants: 69218Verizon Savings Plan for Management EmployeesJohnson and Johnson Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.58476515 · Participants: 42583Johnson and Johnson Savings PlanErnst & Young Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.327167732 · Participants: 56714Ernst & Young Retirement Savings PlanMerck US Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.970916966 · Participants: 27956Merck US Savings Plan
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants
Compare John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New Jersey, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Havas North America 401(k) Retirement Plan in NY ($670M); by covered participants it is Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. 401(k) Plan in NY (2,852 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,852 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 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan edged up modestly - up 2.9% during 2024, from $651M to $670M. Reported net income was $59M.
How have John Wiley & Sons, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), John Wiley & Sons, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 12.9%, from $748M to $845M.
Where does John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Havas North America 401(k) Retirement Plan in NY ($670M, 3,579 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. 401(k) Plan in NY (2,852 participants, $700M 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 135593032.

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.