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 Nebraska report the totals below.
Data updated 2026-08-25
$61.5B across 778 plans
According to DOL Form 5500 filings (plan year 2024), Nebraska has 778 employer-sponsored retirement plans holding $61.5B in total assets for 429,563 participants, ranking 30th nationally by plan assets, with 76% structured as 401(k)s and an average of $79M per plan.
The state in one line
Nebraska hosts 778 employer-sponsored retirement plans holding $61.5B for 429,563 participants, the 30th-largest state by plan assets.
Nebraska: 778 employer-sponsored plans (593 401(k)), $61.5B aggregate assets, 429,563 participants. Average plan: $79M; largest is Hdr, Inc. Best Plan and ESOP at $7.7B. Leading sector by assets: Professional & Technical Services (20%). These figures aggregate the 778 Form 5500 filings Nebraska sponsors submitted for plan year 2024, counted by sponsor headquarters rather than participant residence; a plan administered in Nebraska can cover workers across several states, and the methodology page details that HQ-vs-residence distinction. DOL Form 5500 methodology + HQ-vs-residence caveats →
Among plans headquartered here, Professional & Technical Services accounts for $12.0B across 91 filings, ahead of Finance & Insurance at $9.8B. 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
Employee Stock Ownership Plans here hold $1.1B. 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
Nebraska sits mid-pack by plan assets (#30 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
Nebraska's place in the national asset distribution
All states with reported Form 5500 plan assets · plan year 2024
$61,481,184,850 48th percentile higher than 48% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Professional & Technical Services | 91 | $12.0B |
| Finance & Insurance | 87 | $9.8B |
| Transportation & Warehousing | 24 | $9.7B |
| Healthcare & Social Assistance | 123 | $6.7B |
| Construction | 75 | $5.5B |
States ranked adjacent to Nebraska by total retirement plan assets.
Two DOL Form 5500-derived peer sets for Nebraska, 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 (778 here).
Nearest other states by aggregate plan assets ($61.5B here).
Industry-mix reading
Ways to act on Nebraska's numbers.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Shows the top 25 plans by total assets headquartered in Nebraska, 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.