The Best 401(k) Plans

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How does your 401(k) plan stack up against others? BrightScope, a new online database with data on more than 1,000 plans, rates all plans based on criteria like participation rate, default rate, fees, and employer match. It uses more than 200 data points to come up with an overall 100-point rating for each plan. Here are the top 50 plans with at least $100 million in assets.

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Rank	Company Name	Rating	Net Plan Assets (in millions) ($)	Total Participants ($)	Avg. Account Balance ($)

1	Saudi Arabian Oil	91.6	1,320	2,900	450,000
2	Bank of New York Mellon *	86.8	323	3,500	92,000
3	Greenwich Capital Markets	86.4	223	1,900	120,000
4	Southwest Airlines	85.9	1,390	5,400	260,000
5	Piper Jaffray	83.5	132	2,200	61,000
6	Nucor	83.1	1,960	13,000	150,000
7	FedEx *	82.0	1,090	4,700	230,000
8	Amgen	82.0	1,860	18,000	100,000
9	McDermott Will & Emery	81.9	411	2,500	170,000
10	Chevron	81.7	13,200	36,000	370,000
11	Mosaic	81.5	334	2,200	150,000
12	ExxonMobil	81.0	21,600	44,000	490,000
13	ConocoPhillips	80.9	9,300	31,000	300,000
14	Hercules	80.6	371	3,900	96,000
15	Latham & Watkins *	80.2	343	1,800	190,000
16	Sun Microsystems	80.1	3,810	32,000	120,000
17	Pfizer	80.0	4,950	30,000	170,000
18	AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals	79.8	1,690	16,000	110,000
19	MBIA	79.7	118	780	150,000
20	Church & Dwight	79.5	185	1,400	130,000
21	Tellabs	79.5	427	4,800	90,000
22	Genentech	79.4	942	12,000	77,000
23	Telcordia Technologies	79.4	1,600	6,000	270,000
24	SmithKline Beecham	79.3	4,450	34,000	130,000
25	Nokia	79.2	604	8,100	75,000
26	Latham & Watkins *	79.2	343	1,800	190,000
27	Cephalon	79.1	133	2,400	56,000
28	Duke Energy *	78.9	2,890	18,000	160,000
29	Charles Schwab	78.6	2,150	17,000	120,000
30	Adobe Systems	78.6	357	4,600	77,000
31	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	78.2	365	2,500	140,000
32	Barclays Global Investors	78.1	186	2,200	85,000
33	Alaska Airlines *	77.9	372	1,700	220,000
34	PNM Resources	77.7	441	4,200	110,000
35	Sandia	77.7	2,000	10,000	200,000
36	Qualcomm	77.5	841	11,000	74,000
37	IBM	77.4	30,800	230,000	130,000
38	Gillette	77.3	2,190	11,000	200,000
39	Microsoft	77.3	4,430	58,000	76,000
40	Schering-Plough	77.2	2,040	19,000	110,000
41	Duke Energy	77.1	590	4,200	140,000
42	KLA-Tencor	77.1	574	5,500	100,000
43	Shelter Mutual Insurance	77.1	305	2,200	140,000
44	NSTAR	77.0	772	4,100	190,000
45	Analog Devices	77.0	791	5,500	140,000
46	AES	76.9	445	3,100	140,000
47	SVB Financial Group	76.9	148	1,600	95,000
48	National Semiconductor	76.6	934	7,400	130,000
49	Safeco	76.3	1,170	11,000	110,000
50	UBS	76.2	1,310	15,000	84,000