401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Baxter International Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$4.6B
Total assets Very large vs avg
17,271
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$265,316
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Baxter International Inc. · Illinois · Professional & Technical Services

$4.6B in assets, 17,271 participants

Baxter International Inc.'s Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan reported $4.6B in total assets and 17,271 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.

  • #20,141 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan covers 17,271 participants in Illinois, 22x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $4.6B.

#20,141
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+7.7%
assets growth YoY
46×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$4,582,271,276 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. 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. Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (17,271 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan reported net income fell from $497M in the plan year 2023 filing to $328M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $4.6B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan reported participants fell from 17,767 in the plan year 2023 filing to 17,271 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 360781620 · Baxter International Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan · $4.6B · 17,271 · 100th

  • NET $4.6B
  • NET 17,271
  • NET 100th
  • NET 401(k)
  • NET near The Principal Select Savings Plan
  • NET ind #20141

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 Illinois →

Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Optumcare 401(k) Retirement PlanOptumcare 401(k) Retirement …$4.6BTiaa Code Section 401(k) Plan$4.6BFederal National Mortgage Association Retirement Savings Plan for EmployeesFederal National Mortgage As…$4.6BBaxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings PlanBaxter International Inc. an…$4.6BThe Principal Select Savings PlanThe Principal Select Savings…$4.6B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$4.6B
Net Income$328M
Employer EIN360781620
Plan Effective Date1979-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Baxter International Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Baxter International Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$5.9B 16.83819786051473% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4.5B$5B$5.5B$6B 202220232024 $5.04B $5.89B ▲ +16.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 14,719 $5.0B
2023 2 19,986 $5.6B
2024 2 18,993 $5.9B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois

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

Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000250000 0510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.582271276 · Participants: 17271Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings PlanAccenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.302643276 · Participants: 66965Accenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings PlanState Farm 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.010099056 · Participants: 63297State Farm 401(k) Savings PlanUnited Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.835964452 · Participants: 16659United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account PlanAbbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.755668 · Participants: 38229Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement PlanWalgreens Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.535873337 · Participants: 233635Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan
Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan

Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan reports $4.6B in end-of-year assets across 17,271 participants (0.037% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.018% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $265,316 per participant (1.9x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $328M.

This plan identity (EIN 360781620, plan #023) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.8B to $4.6B (+22.0%) while covered participants moved from 12,263 to 17,271 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 12,263 $3.8B Open filing
2023 17,767 $4.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 17,271 $4.6B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Principal Select Savings Plan in IA ($4.6B); by covered participants it is Clean Harbors Savings and Retirement Plan in MA (17,223 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.6B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (17,271 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 Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 7.7% during 2024, from $4.3B to $4.6B. Reported net income was $328M.
How have Baxter International Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Baxter International Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 16.8%, from $5.0B to $5.9B.
Where does Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 100th 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 Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Principal Select Savings Plan in IA ($4.6B, 12,841 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Baxter International Inc. and Subsidiaries U.S. Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Clean Harbors Savings and Retirement Plan in MA (17,223 participants, $1.2B 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 360781620.

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.