Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Sutter Health Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $5.3B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 48,591
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $109,492
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Sutter Health · California · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$5.3B in assets, 48,591 participants
Sutter Health's Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan reported $5.3B in total assets and 48,591 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #20,038 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
Coverage in California
Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan covers 48,591 participants in California, 77x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $5.3B.
- #20,038
- in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
- -16.5%
- assets change YoY
- 53×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1.1B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$5,320,318,331 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Sutter Health 403(b) Savings 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. Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan is a mega filing (48,591 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 942788907 · Sutter Health PY 2022 · Other
Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan · $5.3B · 48,591 · 100th
- EBSA $5.3B
- EBSA 48,591
- EBSA 100th
- EBSA Other
- EBSA near The University of Pennsylvania Matching Plan
- EBSA ind #20038
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 California →
Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $6.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $5.3B |
| Net Income | -$1.1B |
| Employer EIN | 942788907 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2008-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Sutter Health)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Sutter Health plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $15.1B 24.368392769155733% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 97,740 | $12.1B |
| 2023 | 6 | 100,618 | $13.6B |
| 2024 | 6 | 108,498 | $15.1B |
Nearby Other Plans in California
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan $9.4B · 22,514
- Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan $4.5B · 20,237
- Caltech Base Retirement Plan $4.2B · 9,827
- University of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan $3.7B · 22,632
- Cedars-Sinai Health System 403b Retirement Plan $1.9B · 10,975
Scale composition for Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan
Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan reports $5.3B in end-of-year assets across 48,591 participants (0.043% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.052% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $109,492 per participant (79% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.1B.
This plan identity (EIN 942788907, plan #337) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $5.3B to $7.6B (+43.5%) while covered participants moved from 48,591 to 54,954 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 48,591 | $5.3B | This page |
| 2023 | 50,273 | $6.5B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 54,954 | $7.6B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan (Other, $7.6B, 54,954 participants)
- Sutter Health Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $6.2B, 37,201 participants)
- Sutter Health Retirement Income Plan (Profit Sharing, $865M, 12,414 participants)
- Sutter Health 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $180M, 2,714 participants)
Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Other by assets is The University of Pennsylvania Matching Plan in PA ($5.5B); by covered participants it is Northwell Health 403(b) Plan in NY (47,348 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($5.3B here).
- The University of Pennsylvania Matching Plan (PA) $5.5B · 13,262
- Washington University Retirement Savings Plan (IL) $5.9B · 15,925
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan (NY) $4.6B · 21,395
- Retirement Plan for Officers of Columbia University (NY) $4.4B · 14,287
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (48,591 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Northwell Health 403(b) Plan (NY) 47,348 · 1,243 off
- Fca US LLC UAW Savings Plan (MI) 52,211 · 3,620 off
- The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan (NC) 43,924 · 4,667 off
- The Retirement Savings Plan (NY) 39,938 · 8,653 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.