State retirement profile · Form 5500

Retirement Plans in Alaska

According to DOL Form 5500 filings (plan year 2024), employer-sponsored 401(k), pension, and other retirement plans headquartered in Alaska report the totals below.

Data updated 2026-08-25

275
Plans
$14.0B
Total assets
#47
By assets

$14.0B across 275 plans

According to DOL Form 5500 filings (plan year 2024), Alaska has 275 employer-sponsored retirement plans holding $14.0B in total assets for 132,156 participants, ranking 47th nationally by plan assets, with 68% structured as 401(k)s and an average of $51M per plan.

  • 47th nationally by plan assets
  • 68% 401(k) plans

The state in one line

Alaska hosts 275 employer-sponsored retirement plans holding $14.0B for 132,156 participants, the 47th-largest state by plan assets.

$14.0B
total plan assets
275
employer plans
$106,157
avg assets per participant
68%
of plans are 401(k)s
401(k) Plans
186
Participants
132,156

What the Form 5500 Data Shows for Alaska

Alaska: 275 employer-sponsored plans (186 401(k)), $14.0B aggregate assets, 132,156 participants. Average plan: $51M; largest is Alaska Electrical Pension Plan at $2.1B. Leading sector by assets: Professional & Technical Services (19%). These figures aggregate the 275 Form 5500 filings Alaska sponsors submitted for plan year 2024, counted by sponsor headquarters rather than participant residence; a plan administered in Alaska can cover workers across several states, and the methodology page details that HQ-vs-residence distinction. DOL Form 5500 methodology + HQ-vs-residence caveats →

Professional & Technical Services leads Alaska plan assets (19%)

Among plans headquartered here, Professional & Technical Services accounts for $2.7B across 39 filings, ahead of Construction at $2.6B. Sector mix is a Form 5500-derived signal: it reflects where sponsors file from, not where every participant lives.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024

Alaska hosts 25 ESOP filings

Employee Stock Ownership Plans here hold $225M. ESOP density is uneven across states; when the count clears a meaningful floor, the ESOP ranking and industry pages are the better drill-downs than a 401(k)-only read.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024

Where Alaska sits in the Form 5500 corpus

Alaska is a smaller Form 5500 host by plan assets (#47 of 56). A single large sponsor can move the state total; read the largest-plan share before treating the average as typical.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024

Alaska's place in the national asset distribution

All states with reported Form 5500 plan assets · plan year 2024

$14,029,301,241 18th percentile higher than 18% of 56 states with reported plan assets

Alaska $0 $1,324,371,844,360 state retirement-plan assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among states with reported plan assets.

Source U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA Form 5500 public disclosure dataset · plan year 2024

Alaska's retirement-plan mix

1. 401(k)1862. Profit Sharing303. ESOP254. Other205. Defined Benefit (Pension)12
The five most common Form 5500 plan types among sponsors headquartered in Alaska. This count describes filings, not participants or assets.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA Form 5500 public disclosure dataset · plan year 2024.

Industry mix in Alaska

Top sectors by Form 5500 plan assets for sponsors headquartered here (plan year 2024).

Industry Plans Assets
Professional & Technical Services 39 $2.7B
Construction 19 $2.6B
Finance & Insurance 18 $2.0B
Management of Enterprises 19 $1.9B
Healthcare & Social Assistance 51 $1.5B

Largest Plans in Alaska

# Plan Name Type Participants Total Assets
1 Alaska Electrical Pension Plan Defined Benefit (Pension) 3,898 $2.1B
2 Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and Subsidiaries Employees Retirement Plan 401(k) 15,504 $1.5B
3 Gainwell Technologies 401(k) Plan 401(k) 10,917 $691M
4 Cook Inlet Region 401(k) Retirement Plan 401(k) 5,189 $589M
5 Alaska Teamster-Employer Pension Trust Defined Benefit (Pension) 3,901 $534M
6 Bristol Bay Native Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan 401(k) 5,230 $480M
7 Chenega Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust 401(k) 7,277 $451M
8 Gci 401(k) Plan 401(k) 1,836 $443M
9 Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Savings and Investment Plan for Operating Company Employees 401(k) 730 $405M
10 Chugach 401(k) Plan 401(k) 2,574 $256M
11 Alaska Electrical Retirement Savings Plan Money Purchase 2,528 $246M
12 Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Retirement Savings Plan Other 3,951 $227M
13 Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation Employees' Retirement Plan 401(k) 3,063 $212M
14 Foundation Health Partners 401(k) Plan 401(k) 1,870 $212M
15 Nana Regional Corporation, Inc. Compensation Deferral Plan 401(k) 2,806 $199M
16 Calista 401(k) Retirement Plan 401(k) 2,643 $184M
17 Global Defined Benefit Retirement Plan Defined Benefit (Pension) 130 $182M
18 Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Retirement Plan Profit Sharing 2,903 $164M
19 Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Pension Plan for Operating Company Employees Defined Benefit (Pension) 668 $160M
20 Doyon 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan 401(k) 811 $156M
21 Global 401(k) Retirement Plan 401(k) 1,966 $150M
22 Dowl LLC Retirement Savings and Investment Plan 401(k) 537 $134M
23 Koniag Retirement Plan 401(k) 2,420 $130M
24 First National Bank Alaska Profit Sharing & 401(k) Plan 401(k) 620 $120M
25 Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (Searhc) 401(k) Plan 401(k) 1,018 $114M

Nearby States by Retirement Plan Footprint

States ranked adjacent to Alaska by total retirement plan assets.

Compare Alaska side-by-side with 3 peer states →

Nationwide states with similar retirement plan scale

Two DOL Form 5500-derived peer sets for Alaska, each a different nationwide metric so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (the asset-ranked nearby list above stays regional).

Similar plan count

Nearest other states by reported employer plan filings (275 here).

Wyoming 233 plans South Dakota 321 plans Vermont 327 plans North Dakota 359 plans

Similar total assets

Nearest other states by aggregate plan assets ($14.0B here).

Puerto Rico $13.1B Mississippi $15.9B West Virginia $17.7B Montana $10.3B

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the largest retirement plan headquartered in Alaska? ▼
The largest Form 5500 filing by assets with a headquarters address in Alaska is Alaska Electrical Pension Plan ($2.1B, 3,898 participants).
Which industry leads Alaska retirement plan assets? ▼
Professional & Technical Services leads with $2.7B across 39 plans headquartered here (19% of state plan assets).
How does Alaska compare to other states for retirement plans? ▼
Alaska is a smaller Form 5500 host by plan assets (#47 of 56). A single large sponsor can move the state total; read the largest-plan share before treating the average as typical.

Next read for Alaska

Industry-mix reading

Ways to act on Alaska's numbers.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Shows the top 25 plans by total assets headquartered in Alaska, out of 130,145 ERISA-covered plans nationally. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - state is the plan sponsor's headquarters state as recorded on the Form 5500 filing.

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.