State retirement profile · Form 5500
According to DOL Form 5500 filings (plan year 2024), employer-sponsored 401(k), pension, and other retirement plans headquartered in Delaware report the totals below.
Data updated 2026-08-25
$52.7B across 397 plans
According to DOL Form 5500 filings (plan year 2024), Delaware has 397 employer-sponsored retirement plans holding $52.7B in total assets for 212,750 participants, ranking 35th nationally by plan assets, with 76% structured as 401(k)s and an average of $133M per plan.
The state in one line
Delaware hosts 397 employer-sponsored retirement plans holding $52.7B for 212,750 participants, the 35th-largest state by plan assets.
Delaware: 397 employer-sponsored plans (302 401(k)), $52.7B aggregate assets, 212,750 participants. Average plan: $133M; largest is Pension and Retirement Plan at $10.4B. Leading sector by assets: Manufacturing (70%). These figures aggregate the 397 Form 5500 filings Delaware sponsors submitted for plan year 2024, counted by sponsor headquarters rather than participant residence; a plan administered in Delaware can cover workers across several states, and the methodology page details that HQ-vs-residence distinction. DOL Form 5500 methodology + HQ-vs-residence caveats →
That concentration means Delaware-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Eidp, Inc. 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
Among plans headquartered here, Manufacturing accounts for $37.1B across 50 filings, ahead of Healthcare & Social Assistance at $4.3B. 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
Delaware sits mid-pack by plan assets (#35 of 56). Peer states with similar totals are the fairest comparison set; national leaders will dominate any unfiltered ranking.
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024
Delaware's place in the national asset distribution
All states with reported Form 5500 plan assets · plan year 2024
$52,671,863,325 39th percentile higher than 39% of 56 states with reported plan assets
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
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA Form 5500 public disclosure dataset · plan year 2024.
Top sectors by Form 5500 plan assets for sponsors headquartered here (plan year 2024).
| Industry | Plans | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 50 | $37.1B |
| Healthcare & Social Assistance | 53 | $4.3B |
| Professional & Technical Services | 67 | $3.7B |
| Finance & Insurance | 24 | $2.3B |
| Management of Enterprises | 4 | $1.4B |
States ranked adjacent to Delaware by total retirement plan assets.
Two DOL Form 5500-derived peer sets for Delaware, each a different nationwide metric so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (the asset-ranked nearby list above stays regional).
Nearest other states by reported employer plan filings (397 here).
Nearest other states by aggregate plan assets ($52.7B here).
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Ways to act on Delaware's numbers.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Shows the top 25 plans by total assets headquartered in Delaware, 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.