401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Banner Health 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.6B
Total assets Very large vs avg
50,602
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$70,488
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Banner Health · Arizona · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$3.6B in assets, 50,602 participants

Banner Health's Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan reported $3.6B in total assets and 50,602 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.

  • #20,027 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)

Coverage in Arizona

Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan covers 50,602 participants in Arizona, 90x the typical Arizona plan (state average ~564 per filing). Assets: $3.6B.

#20,027
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
-15.4%
assets change YoY
36×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $648M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$3,566,847,679 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Banner Health Employees 401(k) 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. Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (50,602 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 450233470 · Banner Health PY 2022 · 401(k)

Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan · $3.6B · 50,602 · 100th

  • EBSA $3.6B
  • PART 50,602
  • TYPE 100th
  • NET 401(k)
  • BOOK near Publicis Benefits Connection 401(k) Plan
  • VS-ST ind #20027

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 Arizona →

Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement PlanBnsf Railway Company Non-Sal…$3.6BBanner Health Employees 401(k) PlanBanner Health Employees 401(…$3.6BPublicis Benefits Connection 401(k) PlanPublicis Benefits Connection…$3.6BPg&e Corporation Retirement Savings PlanPg&e Corporation Retirement …$3.6BMassmutual Thrift Plan$3.6B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Arizona filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.6B
Net Income-$648M
Employer EIN450233470
Plan Effective Date1974-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Banner Health)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Banner Health plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$5.1B 35.83460710247511% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3.5B$4B$4.5B$5B$5.5B 202220232024 $3.77B $5.12B ▲ +35.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 61,171 $3.8B
2023 3 63,854 $4.5B
2024 3 66,386 $5.1B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Arizona

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Arizona, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000400005000060000 1234 Total assets ($B) Participants Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.566847679 · Participants: 50602Banner Health Employees 401(k) PlanFreeport-Mcmoran Inc. Employee Capital Accumulation Program, Total assets ($B): 1.923226111 · Participants: 12362Freeport-Mcmoran Inc. Employee Capital Accumulation ProgramRepublic Services, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.806929859 · Participants: 28320Republic Services, Inc. 401(k) PlanStantec 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.682454193 · Participants: 8764Stantec 401(k) PlanReliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Master 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.33677823 · Participants: 9895Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Master 401(k) PlanPinnacle West Capital Corporation Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.290988455 · Participants: 5844Pinnacle West Capital Corporation Savings Plan
Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Arizona, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan

Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan reports $3.6B in end-of-year assets across 50,602 participants (0.029% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.054% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $70,488 per participant (51% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$648M.

This plan identity (EIN 450233470, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.6B to $4.9B (+37.9%) while covered participants moved from 50,602 to 54,731 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 50,602 $3.6B This page
2023 52,452 $4.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 54,731 $4.9B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Arizona, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Publicis Benefits Connection 401(k) Plan in IL ($3.6B); by covered participants it is Southwest Airlines Co. 401(k) Plan in TX (50,590 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.6B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (50,602 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan declined sharply - down 15.4% during 2022, from $4.2B to $3.6B. Reported net income was -$648M.
How have Banner Health plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Banner Health's sponsor-wide assets grew 35.8%, from $3.8B to $5.1B.
Where does Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Publicis Benefits Connection 401(k) Plan in IL ($3.6B, 25,067 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Banner Health Employees 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Southwest Airlines Co. 401(k) Plan in TX (50,590 participants, $8.0B in assets).