Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $938M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 11,671
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $80,339
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan · Sponsored by Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health · Maine · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$938M in assets, 11,671 participants
Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health's Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan reported $938M in total assets and 11,671 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #19,869 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
Coverage in Maine
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan covers 11,671 participants in Maine, 25x the typical Maine plan (state average ~472 per filing). Assets: $938M.
- #19,869
- in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
- -15.6%
- assets change YoY
- 9.4×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $173M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$937,634,941 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan is a mega filing (11,671 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 010527066 · Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health PY 2022 · Other
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan · $938M · 11,671 · 99th
- VS-ST $938M
- BOY 11,671
- SCH 99th
- EBSA Other
- PART near Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. Retirement Plan
- TYPE ind #19869
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Healthcare & Social Assistance retirement plans → · Plans in Maine →
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Maine filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $938M |
| Net Income | -$173M |
| Employer EIN | 010527066 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1994-03-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.5B 23.074244266552597% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 17,741 | $1.2B |
| 2023 | 2 | 17,994 | $1.3B |
| 2024 | 2 | 15,550 | $1.5B |
Nearby Other Plans in Maine
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Mainehealth 403(b) Retirement Plan $1.8B · 21,547
- Jax 403(b) Retirement Plan $438M · 2,458
- Mainegeneral Health 403(b) Retirement Plan $325M · 4,592
- Colby College Retirement Plan $248M · 894
- University of New England Defined Contribution Plan $197M · 1,071
Scale composition for Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan reports $938M in end-of-year assets across 11,671 participants (0.008% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.012% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $80,339 per participant (58% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$173M.
This plan identity (EIN 010527066, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $938M to $1.2B (+25.7%) while covered participants moved from 11,671 to 10,712 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11,671 | $938M | This page |
| 2023 | 12,015 | $1.1B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 10,712 | $1.2B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan (Other, $1.2B, 10,712 participants)
- Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $299M, 4,838 participants)
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside Maine, the nearest Other by assets is Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. Retirement Plan in MA ($935M); by covered participants it is Employee Retirement Savings Plan - Premier Health Partners in OH (11,790 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($938M here).
- Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. Retirement Plan (MA) $935M · 1,729
- Southern Methodist University Retirement Plan (TX) $932M · 2,277
- Board of Electrical Workers Local #26 I.a. Individual Account Plan (MD) $948M · 11,128
- Southcoast Health System Partnership Plan (MA) $950M · 6,539
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11,671 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Employee Retirement Savings Plan - Premier Health Partners (OH) 11,790 · 119 off
- Cox Savings Incentive Plan (MO) 11,821 · 150 off
- Ballad Health 403(b) Plan (TN) 11,477 · 194 off
- Presbyterian Healthcare Services 403(b) Plan (NM) 11,300 · 371 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.