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 Ohio report the totals below.
Data updated 2026-08-25
$472.1B across 5,089 plans
According to DOL Form 5500 filings (plan year 2024), Ohio has 5,089 employer-sponsored retirement plans holding $472.1B in total assets for 3,892,633 participants, ranking 8th nationally by plan assets, with 72% structured as 401(k)s and an average of $93M per plan.
The state in one line
Ohio hosts 5,089 employer-sponsored retirement plans holding $472.1B for 3,892,633 participants, the 8th-largest state by plan assets.
Ohio: 5,089 employer-sponsored plans (3,671 401(k)), $472.1B aggregate assets, 3,892,633 participants. Average plan: $93M; largest is Procter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $22.0B. Leading sector by assets: Manufacturing (43%). These figures aggregate the 5,089 Form 5500 filings Ohio sponsors submitted for plan year 2024, counted by sponsor headquarters rather than participant residence; a plan administered in Ohio 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, Manufacturing accounts for $203.1B across 1,256 filings, ahead of Finance & Insurance at $53.1B. 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 $32.2B. 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
Ohio sits in the top decile of U.S. states by Form 5500 plan assets (#8 of 56), so national rankings and peer comparisons are the useful next read.
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024
Ohio's place in the national asset distribution
All states with reported Form 5500 plan assets · plan year 2024
$472,082,114,824 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 | 1,256 | $203.1B |
| Finance & Insurance | 306 | $53.1B |
| Healthcare & Social Assistance | 657 | $52.2B |
| Retail Trade | 302 | $30.3B |
| Professional & Technical Services | 605 | $29.5B |
States ranked adjacent to Ohio by total retirement plan assets.
Two DOL Form 5500-derived peer sets for Ohio, 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 (5,089 here).
Nearest other states by aggregate plan assets ($472.1B here).
Industry-mix reading
Ways to act on Ohio's numbers.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Shows the top 25 plans by total assets headquartered in Ohio, 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.