Lumen Technologies 401(k) and pension plans

Lumen Technologies, Inc., Monroe, LA. EIN 72-0651161. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as Centurytel, Inc.; Centurylink, Inc.; Centurytel Inc; Centurylink Inc.

Lumen Technologies, Inc. has 2 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Lumen 401(k) Savings Plan, with 35,683 participants and $8.1 billion in assets in 2025. Principal has been its recordkeeper since 2020.

Active plans: 2
Participants: 71,446
Plan assets: $12.3 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Principal
Plans on file: 3
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All 3 plans

Active plans first

Lumen 401(k) Savings Plan

401(k) with ESOPActive

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number: 010Employer EIN 72-0651161
Participants (2025): 35,683
Net assets (2025): $8.1 billion
Recordkeeper: PrincipalEarlier: Wells Fargo (2011–2019), T. Rowe Price (2010), Fidelity (2009)
Plan administrator: Lumen Employee Benefits Committee
214 E 24TH ST
Vancouver, WA 98663
(360) 905-7972As filed for 2025
In effect since: May 1, 1986

Plans merged into this one: Centurylink Union 401(k) Plan (2020); Qwest Savings and Investment Plan (2012); Embarq Retirement Savings Plan (2012); Level 3 Communications, Inc 401(k) Plan (2017); Savvis, Inc. 401(k) Plan (2012).

Earlier sponsors: Centurytel, Inc. (2009); Centurylink, Inc. (2010–2019).

Earlier plan names: Centurytel Dollars & Sense 401(k) Plan and Trust; Centurylink Dollars & Sense 401(k) Plan and Trust; Centurylink Dollar & Sense 401(k) Plan and Trust; Centurylink Dollar & Sense 401(k) Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	35,683	$8.1 billion	Principal
2024	37,308	$7.3 billion	Principal
2023	40,930	$7.1 billion	Principal
2021	47,157	$8.6 billion	Principal
2020	50,320	$8.1 billion	Principal
2019	41,099	$6.0 billion	Wells Fargo
2018	44,144	$5.1 billion	Wells Fargo
2017	34,274	$5.7 billion	Wells Fargo
2016	35,785	$3.6 billion	Wells Fargo
2015	37,501	$3.5 billion	Wells Fargo
2014	38,777	$3.8 billion	Wells Fargo
2013	40,642	$3.7 billion	Wells Fargo
2012	52,749	$3.4 billion	Wells Fargo
2011	15,077	$551 million	Wells Fargo
2010	5,020	$553 million	T. Rowe Price
2009	6,282	$492 million	Fidelity

Lumen Combined Pension Plan

Pension (defined benefit)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 72-0651161
Participants (2024): 35,763
Net assets (2024): $4.2 billion
Last listed administrator: Empower2010–2011
Plan administrator: Lumen Employee Benefits Committee
214 E. 24TH ST
Vancouver, WA 98663
(360) 905-7972As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1965

Plans merged into this one: Qwest Pension Plan (2014); Embarq Retirement Pension Plan (2014).

Earlier sponsors: Centurytel Inc (2009); Centurylink Inc (2010–2019).

Earlier plan names: Centurytel Retirement Plan; Centurylink Retirement Plan; Centurylink Combined Pension Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	35,763	$4.2 billion	not listed
2023	37,553	$4.7 billion	not listed
2022	38,534	$4.7 billion	not listed
2021	61,218	$8.6 billion	not listed
2020	88,019	$10.6 billion	not listed
2019	92,999	$10.5 billion	not listed
2018	99,234	$10.1 billion	not listed
2017	103,411	$11.1 billion	not listed
2016	107,428	$10.9 billion	not listed
2015	110,219	$11.1 billion	not listed
2014	122,795	$12.6 billion	not listed
2013	8,598	$409 million	not listed
2012	8,788	$431 million	not listed
2011	9,047	$413 million	Empower
2010	9,037	$429 million	Empower
2009	9,181	$408 million	not listed

Centurylink Union 401(k) Plan

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2020 its assets moved to the Centurylink Dollars & Sense 401(k) Plan, sponsored by Lumen Technologies, Inc. (EIN 72-0651161, plan 010). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 003Employer EIN 72-0651161
Participants (2019): 15,764
Net assets (2019): $1.7 billion
Recordkeeper: PrincipalEarlier: Wells Fargo (2011–2019), T. Rowe Price (2009–2010)
Plan administrator: Centurylink Employee Benefits Committee
214 E 24TH ST
Vancouver, WA 98663
(360) 905-7972As filed for 2020
In effect since: June 20, 1983

Plans merged into this one: Embarq Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees (2012); Centel Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees (2012).

Earlier sponsors: Centurytel, Inc. (2009); Centurylink, Inc. (2010–2019).

Earlier plan names: Centurytel Union 401(k) Plan and Trust; Centurylink Union 401(k) Plan and Trust.

Year by year, 2009 to 2020

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2020	0	$0	Principal
2019	15,764	$1.7 billion	Wells Fargo
2018	17,454	$1.5 billion	Wells Fargo
2017	19,431	$1.7 billion	Wells Fargo
2016	20,376	$1.6 billion	Wells Fargo
2015	21,439	$1.6 billion	Wells Fargo
2014	21,612	$1.8 billion	Wells Fargo
2013	23,952	$1.8 billion	Wells Fargo
2012	25,592	$1.7 billion	Wells Fargo
2011	1,780	$95.8 million	Wells Fargo
2010	1,744	$99.7 million	T. Rowe Price
2009	1,942	$90.2 million	T. Rowe Price

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Principal (principal.com), which runs the Lumen 401(k) Savings Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((360) 905-7972). That number was filed for 2025; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.