State retirement profile · Form 5500

Retirement Plans in District of Columbia

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

Data updated 2026-08-25

881
Plans
$154.1B
Total assets
#21
By assets

$154.1B across 881 plans

According to DOL Form 5500 filings (plan year 2024), District of Columbia has 881 employer-sponsored retirement plans holding $154.1B in total assets for 1,282,533 participants, ranking 21st nationally by plan assets, with 63% structured as 401(k)s and an average of $175M per plan.

  • 21st nationally by plan assets
  • 63% 401(k) plans

The state in one line

District of Columbia hosts 881 employer-sponsored retirement plans holding $154.1B for 1,282,533 participants, the 21st-largest state by plan assets.

$154.1B
total plan assets
881
employer plans
$120,160
avg assets per participant
63%
of plans are 401(k)s
401(k) Plans
559
Participants
1,282,533

What the Form 5500 Data Shows for District of Columbia

District of Columbia: 881 employer-sponsored plans (559 401(k)), $154.1B aggregate assets, 1,282,533 participants. Average plan: $175M; largest is Central Pension Fund of the Iuoe & Participating Employers at $27.4B. Leading sector by assets: Finance & Insurance (22%). These figures aggregate the 881 Form 5500 filings District of Columbia sponsors submitted for plan year 2024, counted by sponsor headquarters rather than participant residence; a plan administered in District of Columbia can cover workers across several states, and the methodology page details that HQ-vs-residence distinction. DOL Form 5500 methodology + HQ-vs-residence caveats →

Central Pension Fund of the Iuoe & Participating Employers accounts for 17.8% of all District of Columbia retirement plan assets

That concentration means District of Columbia-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Board of Trustees of the Cpf of the Iuoe and Participating Employers sponsors the filing; drill into the plan page for schedules and audit detail. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of participants counted in this state total.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024

Finance & Insurance leads District of Columbia plan assets (22%)

Among plans headquartered here, Finance & Insurance accounts for $33.6B across 23 filings, ahead of Other Services at $29.2B. 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

Where District of Columbia sits in the Form 5500 corpus

District of Columbia ranks in the upper half by plan assets (#21 of 56). Its totals are large enough for industry-mix and largest-plan concentration to matter more than the headline alone.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024

District of Columbia's place in the national asset distribution

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

$154,109,765,187 Top 36% higher than 64% of 56 states with reported plan assets

District of Columbia $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

District of Columbia's retirement-plan mix

1. 401(k)5592. Other1683. Defined Benefit (Pension)704. Profit Sharing435. Money Purchase22
The five most common Form 5500 plan types among sponsors headquartered in District of Columbia. 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 District of Columbia

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

Industry Plans Assets
Finance & Insurance 23 $33.6B
Other Services 255 $29.2B
Manufacturing 16 $26.1B
Professional & Technical Services 260 $22.3B
Educational Services 112 $10.6B

Largest Plans in District of Columbia

# Plan Name Type Participants Total Assets
1 Central Pension Fund of the Iuoe & Participating Employers Defined Benefit (Pension) 103,525 $27.4B
2 Iam National Pension Fund Defined Benefit (Pension) 102,493 $15.0B
3 Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan 401(k) 23,090 $6.5B
4 Geico 401(k) Savings Plan 401(k) 30,641 $6.2B
5 Federal National Mortgage Association Retirement Savings Plan for Employees 401(k) 8,108 $4.6B
6 United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Plan Defined Benefit (Pension) 58 $3.8B
7 Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers' Pension Benefit Fund Other 450,729 $2.8B
8 Finra Savings Plus Plan 401(k) 4,201 $2.5B
9 Georgetown University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan Other 4,882 $2.5B
10 Liuna Staff and Affiliates Pension Fund Defined Benefit (Pension) 3,559 $1.9B
11 Bricklayers & Trowel Trades International Pension Fund Defined Benefit (Pension) 27,474 $1.9B
12 Hogan Lovells US LLP Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) 1,973 $1.9B
13 Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Pension Plan Defined Benefit (Pension) 2,599 $1.9B
14 American Red Cross Savings Plan 401(k) 17,898 $1.7B
15 Teamsters Local 639 - Employers Pension Trust Fund Defined Benefit (Pension) 4,123 $1.7B
16 Covington & Burling Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) 2,138 $1.7B
17 S.E.I.U. National Industry Pension Fund Defined Benefit (Pension) 95,567 $1.7B
18 Afscme Employees Pension Plan Defined Benefit (Pension) 1,688 $1.6B
19 SEIU Affiliates Officers and Employees Pension Plan Defined Benefit (Pension) 8,921 $1.6B
20 Aarp Employees' Pension Plan Defined Benefit (Pension) 1,995 $1.6B
21 Arnold & Porter Profit-Sharing and 401(k) Plan and Trust 401(k) 1,817 $1.6B
22 Liuna National (Industrial) Pension Fund Defined Benefit (Pension) 18,228 $1.5B
23 American University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan Other 5,480 $1.4B
24 Cnmc Affiliates' 401(k) Retirement Plan 401(k) 8,582 $1.3B
25 The General Pension Plan of the International Union of Operating Engineers Defined Benefit (Pension) 2,205 $1.2B

Nearby States by Retirement Plan Footprint

States ranked adjacent to District of Columbia by total retirement plan assets.

Compare District of Columbia side-by-side with 3 peer states →

Nationwide states with similar retirement plan scale

Two DOL Form 5500-derived peer sets for District of Columbia, 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 (881 here).

Nevada 808 plans Nebraska 778 plans Arkansas 760 plans Idaho 760 plans

Similar total assets

Nearest other states by aggregate plan assets ($154.1B here).

Indiana $150.5B Rhode Island $102.5B Arizona $94.3B Oregon $91.0B

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the largest retirement plan headquartered in District of Columbia? ▼
The largest Form 5500 filing by assets with a headquarters address in District of Columbia is Central Pension Fund of the Iuoe & Participating Employers ($27.4B, 103,525 participants).
How concentrated are District of Columbia retirement plan assets? ▼
Central Pension Fund of the Iuoe & Participating Employers alone accounts for about 18% of the state's Form 5500 plan assets in plan year 2024. State averages can mask that concentration.
Which industry leads District of Columbia retirement plan assets? ▼
Finance & Insurance leads with $33.6B across 23 plans headquartered here (22% of state plan assets).
How does District of Columbia compare to other states for retirement plans? ▼
District of Columbia ranks in the upper half by plan assets (#21 of 56). Its totals are large enough for industry-mix and largest-plan concentration to matter more than the headline alone.

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Ways to act on District of Columbia's numbers.

  • District of Columbia ranks 21st nationally by total retirement plan assets. See all state rankings
  • The largest plan headquartered here, Central Pension Fund of the Iuoe & Participating Employers, holds $27.4B. View largest plan
  • Compare District of Columbia side-by-side against 3 peer states by assets. Compare states
  • Every figure here comes from a Form 5500 filing, understand what the form covers before drawing conclusions from state totals. How to read a Form 5500

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Shows the top 25 plans by total assets headquartered in District of Columbia, 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.