State retirement profile · Form 5500

Retirement Plans in Nevada

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

Data updated 2026-08-25

808
Plans
$31.1B
Total assets
#41
By assets

$31.1B across 808 plans

According to DOL Form 5500 filings (plan year 2024), Nevada has 808 employer-sponsored retirement plans holding $31.1B in total assets for 513,517 participants, ranking 41st nationally by plan assets, with 77% structured as 401(k)s and an average of $38M per plan.

  • 41st nationally by plan assets
  • 77% 401(k) plans

The state in one line

Nevada hosts 808 employer-sponsored retirement plans holding $31.1B for 513,517 participants, the 41st-largest state by plan assets.

$31.1B
total plan assets
808
employer plans
$60,523
avg assets per participant
77%
of plans are 401(k)s
401(k) Plans
621
Participants
513,517

What the Form 5500 Data Shows for Nevada

Nevada: 808 employer-sponsored plans (621 401(k)), $31.1B aggregate assets, 513,517 participants. Average plan: $38M; largest is The Mgm Resorts 401(k) Savings Plan at $2.2B. Leading sector by assets: Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (20%). These figures aggregate the 808 Form 5500 filings Nevada sponsors submitted for plan year 2024, counted by sponsor headquarters rather than participant residence; a plan administered in Nevada can cover workers across several states, and the methodology page details that HQ-vs-residence distinction. DOL Form 5500 methodology + HQ-vs-residence caveats →

Arts, Entertainment & Recreation leads Nevada plan assets (20%)

Among plans headquartered here, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation accounts for $6.2B across 39 filings, ahead of Finance & Insurance at $4.5B. 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

Nevada hosts 24 ESOP filings

Employee Stock Ownership Plans here hold $660M. 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 Nevada sits in the Form 5500 corpus

Nevada is a smaller Form 5500 host by plan assets (#41 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

Nevada's place in the national asset distribution

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

$31,079,605,811 29th percentile higher than 29% of 56 states with reported plan assets

Nevada $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

Nevada's retirement-plan mix

1. 401(k)6212. Profit Sharing1133. Defined Benefit (Pension)284. ESOP245. Other17
The five most common Form 5500 plan types among sponsors headquartered in Nevada. 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 Nevada

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

Industry Plans Assets
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 39 $6.2B
Finance & Insurance 53 $4.5B
Utilities 7 $3.8B
Construction 63 $3.2B
Professional & Technical Services 137 $2.6B

Largest Plans in Nevada

# Plan Name Type Participants Total Assets
1 The Mgm Resorts 401(k) Savings Plan 401(k) 37,719 $2.2B
2 Caesars Entertainment, Inc 401(k) Plan 401(k) 46,859 $1.9B
3 Barrick Retirement Plan 401(k) 7,327 $1.3B
4 Eighth District Electrical Pension Fund Defined Benefit (Pension) 10,468 $1.3B
5 Retirement Plan for Employees of Southwest Gas Corporation Defined Benefit (Pension) 1,868 $1.2B
6 Eighth District Electrical Pension Fund Annuity Plan 401(k) 21,516 $1.1B
7 Nv Energy 401(k) Plan 401(k) 2,669 $1.1B
8 United Brotherhood of Carpenters Pension Fund United States Segment Defined Benefit (Pension) 1,296 $1.1B
9 Sierra Nevada Company, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan 401(k) 3,769 $1.0B
10 Nv Energy Retirement Plan Defined Benefit (Pension) 1,271 $788M
11 Renown Health Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) 4,718 $713M
12 Construction Industry and Laborers Joint Pension Trust for So Nevada, Plan a Defined Benefit (Pension) 2,867 $653M
13 Mission Support and Test Services LLC (Msts) Employee 401(k) Plan 401(k) 2,485 $612M
14 Southwest Gas Corporation Employees' Investment Plan 401(k) 2,387 $600M
15 I.B.E.W. Local Union No 357 Pension Trust Fund, Plan a Defined Benefit (Pension) 2,795 $552M
16 The Allegiant 401(k) Retirement Plan 401(k) 5,413 $551M
17 I.B.E.W. Local Union No 357 Pension Trust Fund, Plan B Profit Sharing 4,775 $545M
18 Boyd Gaming Corporation 401(k) Plan and Trust 401(k) 13,741 $537M
19 Mission Support and Test Services LLC (Msts) Employee Retirement Plan Defined Benefit (Pension) 2,366 $534M
20 Wynn Resorts, Limited 401(k) Plan 401(k) 10,017 $509M
21 Light & Wonder, Inc. 401(k) Plan 401(k) 2,654 $501M
22 Venetian Las Vegas Gaming, LLC 401(k) Plan 401(k) 8,275 $469M
23 Pension and Retirement Plan of Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Local 525 Defined Benefit (Pension) 1,532 $455M
24 Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan 401(k) 3,004 $352M
25 Station Casinos LLC & Affiliates 401(k) Retirement Plan 401(k) 7,932 $313M

Nearby States by Retirement Plan Footprint

States ranked adjacent to Nevada by total retirement plan assets.

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

Nationwide states with similar retirement plan scale

Two DOL Form 5500-derived peer sets for Nevada, 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 (808 here).

Nebraska 778 plans Arkansas 760 plans Idaho 760 plans District of Columbia 881 plans

Similar total assets

Nearest other states by aggregate plan assets ($31.1B here).

Hawaii $29.2B New Mexico $33.4B Maine $33.6B New Hampshire $25.5B

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the largest retirement plan headquartered in Nevada? ▼
The largest Form 5500 filing by assets with a headquarters address in Nevada is The Mgm Resorts 401(k) Savings Plan ($2.2B, 37,719 participants).
Which industry leads Nevada retirement plan assets? ▼
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation leads with $6.2B across 39 plans headquartered here (20% of state plan assets).
How does Nevada compare to other states for retirement plans? ▼
Nevada is a smaller Form 5500 host by plan assets (#41 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 Nevada

Industry-mix reading

Ways to act on Nevada's numbers.

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