Ranking of CY 2023 401(k) Industry Groups by how much
average participant cash contribution per active participant
exceeds average employer cash contribution per active participant

Ranks the 272 industry groups (first four digits from the six-digit NAICS business code, Line 2d in Form 5500) of 401(k) plans by their average participant cash contribution per active participant minus average employer cash contribution per active participant.  Each plan's contribution to its industry group's average is weighted by the plan's number of active participants.  Addresses 51,353 401(k) plans whose 2023 start date is Q1 (Jan-Mar) and total assets are at least $1, and that filed a Schedule H.  Uses data update (2/25/25) from DOL EBSA.

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The overall weighted average of (participant - employer) cash contributions per active participant is $2,369 for 51,066 total qualifying plans.

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Industry Group | #Plans | Weighted Average of (Participant - Employer) Cash Contributions per Active Participant
1. other information services | 258 | $11,932
2. software publishers | 417 | $10,868
3. semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing | 200 | $8,760
4. data processing, hosting, and related services | 246 | $8,397
5. computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing | 126 | $7,362
6. communications equipment manufacturing | 88 | $7,122
7. audio and video equipment manufacturing | 34 | $6,947
8. computer systems design and related services | 1,987 | $6,938
9. securities and commodity contracts intermediation and brokerage | 188 | $6,752
10. securities and commodity exchanges | 10 | $6,210
11. scientific research and development services | 458 | $5,714
12. agents and managers for artists, athletes, entertainers, and other public figures | 19 | $5,569
13. navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing | 115 | $5,142
14. advertising, public relations, and related services | 351 | $5,089
15. travel arrangement and reservation services | 52 | $5,082
16. electric power generation, transmission and distribution | 226 | $4,903
17. management, scientific, and technical consulting services | 974 | $4,810
18. architectural, engineering, and related services | 1,419 | $4,776
19. newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers | 259 | $4,645
20. local messengers and local delivery | 30 | $4,620
21. offices of real estate agents and brokers | 113 | $4,563
22. petroleum and coal products manufacturing | 121 | $4,318
23. direct selling establishments | 113 | $4,281
24. aerospace product and parts manufacturing | 171 | $4,200
25. rail transportation | 46 | $4,069
26. specialized design services | 73 | $4,040
27. manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media | 15 | $4,018
28. residential building construction | 263 | $4,017
29. accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services | 459 | $3,990
30. telecommunications | 301 | $3,932
31. electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 178 | $3,906
32. medical equipment and supplies manufacturing | 309 | $3,898
33. other electrical equipment and component manufacturing | 329 | $3,895
34. radio and television broadcasting | 83 | $3,877
35. professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers | 110 | $3,814
36. natural gas distribution | 67 | $3,791
37. other financial investment activities | 514 | $3,723
38. pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing | 288 | $3,581
39. general rental centers | 7 | $3,573
40. legal services | 1,090 | $3,549
41. lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) | 21 | $3,519
42. outpatient care centers | 420 | $3,495
43. household appliances and electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers | 186 | $3,472
44. metalworking machinery manufacturing | 74 | $3,405
45. electrical equipment manufacturing | 82 | $3,373
46. nondepository credit intermediation | 355 | $3,350
47. insurance carriers | 429 | $3,344
48. lime and gypsum product manufacturing | 14 | $3,338
49. agencies, brokerages, and other insurance related activities | 562 | $3,213
50. cable and other subscription programming | 29 | $3,188
51. other motor vehicle dealers | 112 | $3,142
52. other miscellaneous manufacturing | 868 | $3,079
53. management of companies and enterprises | 600 | $3,070
54. printing and related support activities | 320 | $3,039
55. automobile dealers | 1,208 | $2,972
56. commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing | 66 | $2,948
57. promoters of performing arts, sports, and similar events | 30 | $2,937
58. chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers | 59 | $2,935
59. cutlery and handtool manufacturing | 51 | $2,876
60. timber tract operations | 5 | $2,875
61. ship and boat building | 58 | $2,810
62. commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing | 110 | $2,792
63. basic chemical manufacturing | 131 | $2,791
64. engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing | 85 | $2,770
65. miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 263 | $2,759
66. activities related to credit intermediation | 85 | $2,737
67. paper and paper product merchant wholesalers | 66 | $2,724
68. activities related to real estate | 903 | $2,723
69. farm product raw material merchant wholesalers | 45 | $2,723
70. offices of dentists | 151 | $2,720
71. resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial and synthetic fibers and filaments manufacturing | 63 | $2,719
72. motor vehicle manufacturing | 80 | $2,708
73. machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 357 | $2,701
74. other general purpose machinery manufacturing | 210 | $2,698
75. furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers | 66 | $2,678
76. depository credit intermediation | 1,705 | $2,661
77. other transit and ground passenger transportation | 41 | $2,659
78. lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers | 162 | $2,651
79. footwear manufacturing | 17 | $2,636
80. medical and diagnostic laboratories | 162 | $2,631
81. support activities for forestry | 10 | $2,624
82. scenic and sightseeing transportation | 11 | $2,624
83. other professional, scientific, and technical services | 1,867 | $2,619
84. commercial and industrial machinery and equipment (except automotive and electronic) repair and maintenance | 134 | $2,602
85. civic and social organizations | 1 | $2,599
86. industrial machinery manufacturing | 262 | $2,597
87. motion picture and video industries | 70 | $2,596
88. freight transportation arrangement | 123 | $2,584
89. nonresidential building construction | 541 | $2,578
90. forest nurseries and gathering of forest products | 2 | $2,558
91. electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance | 43 | $2,551
92. boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing | 31 | $2,507
93. hardware and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers | 180 | $2,488
94. consumer goods rental | 20 | $2,486
95. other support services | 88 | $2,456
96. sugar and confectionery product manufacturing | 85 | $2,421
97. miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers | 506 | $2,417
98. other chemical product and preparation manufacturing | 158 | $2,413
99. apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers | 104 | $2,412
100. fishing | 9 | $2,346
101. beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers | 225 | $2,335
102. water, sewage and other systems | 62 | $2,309
103. spring and wire product manufacturing | 50 | $2,309
104. machine shops; turned product; and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing | 163 | $2,291
105. metal and mineral (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers | 72 | $2,275
106. home furnishings stores | 50 | $2,265
107. offices of physicians | 1,668 | $2,235
108. water transportation | 83 | $2,229
109. drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers | 67 | $2,223
110. wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 55 | $2,220
111. glass and glass product manufacturing | 75 | $2,217
112. seafood product preparation and packaging | 34 | $2,209
113. paint, coating, and adhesive manufacturing | 68 | $2,207
114. office supplies, stationery, and gift stores | 31 | $2,199
115. furniture stores | 114 | $2,196
116. electric lighting equipment manufacturing | 38 | $2,152
117. converted paper product manufacturing | 158 | $2,119
118. fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing | 113 | $2,115
119. other fabricated metal product manufacturing | 819 | $2,099
120. coating, engraving, heat treating, and allied activities | 81 | $2,090
121. beverage manufacturing | 196 | $2,067
122. oilseed and grain farming | 64 | $2,062
123. support activities for water transportation | 38 | $2,051
124. ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturing | 90 | $2,028
125. support activities for crop production | 121 | $2,009
126. veneer, plywood, and engineered wood product manufacturing | 54 | $2,005
127. land subdivision | 29 | $2,001
128. other nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing | 50 | $1,971
129. clay product and refractory manufacturing | 27 | $1,967
130. foundries | 51 | $1,966
131. hospitals | 575 | $1,951
132. other transportation equipment manufacturing | 101 | $1,950
133. spectator sports | 158 | $1,945
134. business support services | 224 | $1,934
135. gambling industries | 153 | $1,912
136. waste management and remediation services | 151 | $1,893
137. personal care services | 61 | $1,889
138. nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing | 80 | $1,837
139. plastics product manufacturing | 571 | $1,826
140. alumina and aluminum production and processing | 67 | $1,824
141. office administrative services | 183 | $1,823
142. other ambulatory health care services | 126 | $1,823
143. motor vehicle parts manufacturing | 366 | $1,795
144. lessors of real estate | 312 | $1,790
145. furniture and related product manufacturing | 183 | $1,780
146. forging and stamping | 151 | $1,780
147. personal and household goods repair and maintenance | 28 | $1,779
148. offices of other health practitioners | 516 | $1,777
149. pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical manufacturing | 46 | $1,760
150. sawmills and wood preservation | 55 | $1,750
151. other food manufacturing | 322 | $1,733
152. support activities for rail transportation | 14 | $1,732
153. building finishing contractors | 105 | $1,731
154. grain and oilseed milling | 44 | $1,731
155. support activities for road transportation | 38 | $1,730
156. architectural and structural metals manufacturing | 117 | $1,721
157. grocery and related product merchant wholesalers | 255 | $1,710
158. pulp, paper, and paperboard mills | 81 | $1,702
159. apparel knitting mills | 7 | $1,681
160. motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing | 60 | $1,661
161. railroad rolling stock manufacturing | 15 | $1,631
162. jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores | 38 | $1,617
163. petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers | 146 | $1,616
164. vending machine operators | 12 | $1,596
165. health and personal care stores | 201 | $1,592
166. steel product manufacturing from purchased steel | 143 | $1,592
167. textile mills | 46 | $1,590
168. support activities for animal production | 19 | $1,581
169. soap, cleaning compound, and toilet preparation manufacturing | 78 | $1,568
170. dairy product manufacturing | 118 | $1,563
171. community food and housing and emergency and other relief services | 140 | $1,530
172. other personal services | 404 | $1,529
173. logging | 7 | $1,519
174. other heavy and civil engineering construction | 200 | $1,517
175. warehousing and storage | 158 | $1,502
176. general freight trucking | 499 | $1,500
177. support activities for mining | 93 | $1,499
178. other wood product manufacturing | 162 | $1,488
179. museums, historical sites, and similar institutions | 64 | $1,475
180. educational services | 602 | $1,472
181. death care services | 27 | $1,467
182. other support activities for transportation | 92 | $1,460
183. specialized freight trucking | 124 | $1,454
184. cut and sew apparel manufacturing | 60 | $1,443
185. charter bus industry | 11 | $1,438
186. religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 734 | $1,419
187. oil and gas extraction | 188 | $1,400
188. taxi and limousine service | 14 | $1,373
189. couriers and express delivery services | 33 | $1,370
190. greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production | 68 | $1,364
191. other leather and allied product manufacturing | 8 | $1,362
192. apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing | 81 | $1,362
193. sound recording industries | 9 | $1,349
194. employment services | 460 | $1,317
195. electronics and appliance stores | 64 | $1,302
196. florists | 9 | $1,293
197. other animal production | 24 | $1,283
198. coal mining | 57 | $1,273
199. rubber product manufacturing | 126 | $1,261
200. beer, wine, and liquor stores | 11 | $1,258
201. bakeries and tortilla manufacturing | 130 | $1,249
202. rooming and boarding houses, dormitories, and workers' camps | 9 | $1,246
203. automotive repair and maintenance | 115 | $1,242
204. motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 196 | $1,210
205. animal food manufacturing | 80 | $1,192
206. aquaculture | 3 | $1,184
207. agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing | 137 | $1,142
208. rv (recreational vehicle) parks and recreational camps | 6 | $1,138
209. drinking places (alcoholic beverages) | 14 | $1,136
210. cement and concrete product manufacturing | 143 | $1,128
211. fruit and tree nut farming | 47 | $1,127
212. other miscellaneous store retailers | 186 | $1,125
213. hog and pig farming | 13 | $1,124
214. highway, street, and bridge construction | 263 | $1,122
215. executive, legislative, and other general government support | 58 | $1,096
216. nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying | 98 | $1,076
217. traveler accommodation | 456 | $1,075
218. other amusement and recreation industries | 260 | $1,061
219. building material and supplies dealers | 206 | $1,038
220. textile product mills | 76 | $1,037
221. animal slaughtering and processing | 92 | $1,029
222. facilities support services | 76 | $1,009
223. leather and hide tanning and finishing | 1 | $1,002
224. nursing and residential care facilities | 841 | $994
225. urban transit systems | 11 | $975
226. book stores and news dealers | 12 | $958
227. automotive parts, accessories, and tire stores | 124 | $953
228. drycleaning and laundry services | 56 | $940
229. home health care services | 401 | $935
230. household appliance manufacturing | 34 | $913
231. support activities for air transportation | 64 | $912
232. utility system construction | 80 | $903
233. shoe stores | 29 | $893
234. grocery stores | 348 | $887
235. used merchandise stores | 20 | $876
236. business, professional, labor, political, and similar organizations | 55 | $845
237. services to buildings and dwellings | 174 | $825
238. vegetable and melon farming | 45 | $815
239. other crop farming | 62 | $815
240. department stores | 18 | $815
241. individual and family services | 531 | $812
242. poultry and egg production | 38 | $778
243. lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores | 48 | $760
244. child day care services | 57 | $739
245. specialty food stores | 80 | $735
246. special food services | 135 | $727
247. amusement parks and arcades | 27 | $715
248. hardware manufacturing | 21 | $715
249. residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities | 1 | $714
250. air transportation | 173 | $704
251. sporting goods, hobby, and musical instrument stores | 59 | $691
252. insurance and employee benefit funds | 64 | $684
253. other investment pools and funds | 76 | $676
254. clothing stores | 120 | $653
255. cattle ranching and farming | 34 | $645
256. interurban and rural bus transportation | 14 | $644
257. metal ore mining | 43 | $517
258. general merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters | 35 | $504
259. restaurants and other eating places | 554 | $487
260. school and employee bus transportation | 30 | $485
261. vocational rehabilitation services | 109 | $479
262. gasoline stations | 81 | $459
263. other specialty trade contractors | 593 | $426
264. building equipment contractors | 766 | $420
265. pipeline transportation | 27 | $326
266. investigation and security services | 93 | $322
267. foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors | 172 | $265
268. independent artists, writers, and performers | 6 | $124
269. automotive equipment rental and leasing | 23 | -$384
270. performing arts companies | 39 | -$500
271. tobacco manufacturing | 24 | -$827
272. iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing | 76 | -$1,222