Profit Sharing Plans

Largest Profit Sharing plans by total assets. Source: DOL Form 5500, 2024 plan year.

What the Data Shows About Profit Sharing Plans

A profit-sharing plan allows employers to make discretionary contributions to employee retirement accounts, typically based on company profitability. This page ranks the 50 largest Profit Sharing plans in the dataset by end-of-year total assets. Together the plans listed here hold $434.0B in aggregate assets and cover 2,031,849 participants, a mix of active employees, separated workers with remaining balances, and retirees receiving benefits.

The largest plan in this category, Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan (Wells Fargo & Company, MN), reports $57.9B in assets with 179,076 participants. Within Profit Sharing plans, size reflects a combination of workforce scale, employer contribution rates, employee deferral rates, and long-term investment performance, not a quality rating. Larger plans often benefit from lower per-participant fees, broader investment menus, and more sophisticated administration, but participant outcomes depend on contribution behavior and investment selection. Ranking tables below link to each plan's detail page for EIN, filing status, effective date, and net income.

All figures come from Form 5500 annual returns for the 2024 plan year, filed with the DOL's EBSA and released through EFAST2. Totals reflect a single year-end snapshot and fluctuate with markets and plan activity. This page is informational only, it summarizes public regulatory filings for research and educational purposes, and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before relying on any figure to evaluate an employer's Profit Sharing plan or make retirement decisions, verify the underlying filing directly on EFAST2 and consult a qualified professional.

# Plan Name Sponsor State Participants Total Assets
1 Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan Wells Fargo & Company MN 179,076 $57.9B
2 General Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United States General Motors LLC MI 43,053 $23.1B
3 The Teamster - UPS National 401(k) Tax Deferred Savings Plan Board of Trustees of the Teamsters - UPS 401(k) National Savings Plan GA 452,126 $19.3B
4 Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan Caterpillar Inc. TX 43,873 $18.8B
5 Ernst & Young Retirement Savings Plan Ernst & Young U.S. LLP NJ 56,714 $18.3B
6 Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University CA 22,753 $12.6B
7 The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan Duke University NC 48,377 $11.0B
8 GE Healthcare Retirement Savings Plan GE Healthcare Technologies Inc. IL 16,216 $10.5B
9 Hp Inc. 401(k) Plan Hp Inc. TX 14,722 $10.3B
10 The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. PA 54,604 $10.2B
11 The General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United States General Motors LLC MI 42,513 $9.6B
12 The Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Plan The Mount Sinai Medical Center NY 46,826 $9.5B
13 The Southern Company Employee Savings Plan Southern Company Services, Inc. GA 27,802 $9.3B
14 Cleveland Clinic Savings and Investment Plan The Cleveland Clinic Foundation OH 65,407 $9.2B
15 Johns Hopkins University 403(b) Plan Johns Hopkins University Office of Benefits Services MD 25,833 $8.8B
16 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 401(k)Plan Hewlett Packard Enterprise TX 15,164 $8.8B
17 Yale University Retirement Account Plan Yale University CT 13,197 $8.3B
18 Nationwide Savings Plan Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company OH 24,370 $8.3B
19 Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan Sutter Health CA 54,954 $7.6B
20 Washington University Retirement Savings Plan Washington University in St. Louis MO 26,975 $7.5B
21 The Hartford Investment and Savings Plan Hartford Fire Insurance Company CT 18,614 $7.2B
22 The University of Pennsylvania Matching Plan Trustees of the University of PA PA 22,110 $7.0B
23 Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan Stanford Health Care CA 24,152 $6.9B
24 Aon Savings Plan Aon Corporation GA 13,974 $6.7B
25 Providence Health & Services 403(b) Value Plan Providence Health & Services WA 52,776 $6.5B
26 State Street Salary Savings Program State Street Corporation MA 12,777 $6.5B
27 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center NY 22,606 $6.4B
28 Honda 401(k) Savings Plan American Honda Motor Company, Inc. CA 29,610 $6.3B
29 New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration New York University NY 10,678 $5.4B
30 Northwestern Memorial Employee 401(k) Pre-Tax Savings Plan Northwestern Memorial Healthcare IL 35,963 $5.4B
31 The Procter & Gamble Savings Plan The Procter & Gamble Company OH 29,629 $5.4B
32 Caltech Base Retirement Plan California Institute of Technology CA 10,970 $5.2B
33 Fca US LLC UAW Savings Plan Fca US LLC MI 44,591 $5.2B
34 The Mitre Corporation Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan The Mitre Corporation VA 12,379 $5.1B
35 Fca US LLC Salaried Employees' Savings Plan Fca US LLC MI 15,683 $5.1B
36 The Retirement Savings Plan The New York-Presbyterian Hospital NY 45,574 $4.8B
37 University of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan University of Southern California CA 20,886 $4.8B
38 Upmc 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan UPMC PA 78,872 $4.7B
39 Vanderbilt University Medical Center Retirement Plan Vanderbilt University Medical Center TN 31,810 $4.7B
40 Nyu Grossman School of Medicine Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration New York University NY 6,880 $4.6B
41 Northwestern University Retirement Plan Northwestern University IL 9,328 $4.4B
42 Montefiore Medical Center 403(b) Plan Montefiore Medical Center NY 16,441 $4.3B
43 Harvard University Tax Deferred Annuity Plan President & Fellows of Harvard College Harvard Human Resources, Benefi MA 24,395 $4.3B
44 Nordstrom 401(k) Plan Nordstrom, Inc. WA 58,225 $4.3B
45 Gilead Sciences 401(k) Plan Gilead Sciences, Inc. CA 11,304 $4.3B
46 Waste Management Retirement Savings Plan Waste Management, Inc. TX 38,676 $4.1B
47 Nxp 401(k) Retirement Plan Nxp USA, Inc. TX 5,310 $3.8B
48 The University of Chicago Contributory Retirement Plan The University of Chicago IL 5,144 $3.8B
49 Sentara 403(b) Savings Plan Sentara Health VA 28,192 $3.7B
50 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center NC 19,745 $3.6B

Nearby Plan Types

Other employer-sponsored retirement plan categories filed on Form 5500.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Profit Sharing plan?
A profit-sharing plan allows employers to make discretionary contributions to employee retirement accounts, typically based on company profitability.
What are the largest Profit Sharing plans in the U.S.?
The largest Profit Sharing plan is Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan with $57.9B in total assets. This page lists the top 50 Profit Sharing plans ranked by total assets.
How many Profit Sharing plans are there in the U.S.?
The DOL Form 5500 dataset includes thousands of Profit Sharing plans. This page shows the 50 largest by total assets. The full dataset covers all employer-sponsored retirement plans filed with the Department of Labor.
Where does Profit Sharing plan data come from?
All data on this page comes from DOL Form 5500 annual filings, which employers must submit to the U.S. Department of Labor for retirement plans with 100+ participants. Data reflects the 2024 plan year.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024. This page aggregates plans where the filer coded the plan as Profit Sharing.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - plan type classification reflects the code selected by the plan administrator at filing time.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.