Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
California Institute of Technology Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.7B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 8,185
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $203,679
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan · Sponsored by California Institute of Technology · California · Educational Services
$1.7B in assets, 8,185 participants
California Institute of Technology's Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan reported $1.7B in total assets and 8,185 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.
- #3,985 in Educational Services (4,024 peers)
Coverage in California
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan covers 8,185 participants in California, 13x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $1.7B.
- #3,985
- in Educational Services (4,024 peers)
- -10.1%
- assets change YoY
- 17×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $190M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,667,111,588 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
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan lands in the large band (8,185 participants).
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 951643307 · California Institute of Technology PY 2022 · Other
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan · $1.7B · 8,185 · 99th
- BOOK $1.7B
- VS-ST 8,185
- BOY 99th
- SCH Other
- EBSA near Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan
- PART ind #3985
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 Educational Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.7B |
| Net Income | -$190M |
| Employer EIN | 951643307 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2010-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (California Institute of Technology)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All California Institute of Technology plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $7.6B 29.22886903959861% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 18,012 | $5.9B |
| 2023 | 2 | 18,963 | $6.8B |
| 2024 | 2 | 19,524 | $7.6B |
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
- Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan $5.3B · 48,591
- 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
Scale composition for Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan reports $1.7B in end-of-year assets across 8,185 participants (0.014% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $203,679 per participant (1.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$190M.
This plan identity (EIN 951643307, plan #005) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.7B to $2.3B (+40.1%) while covered participants moved from 8,185 to 8,554 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8,185 | $1.7B | This page |
| 2023 | 8,281 | $2.0B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,554 | $2.3B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Caltech Base Retirement Plan (Other, $5.2B, 10,970 participants)
- Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan (Other, $2.3B, 8,554 participants)
Caltech Voluntary Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Other by assets is Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan in CT ($1.7B); by covered participants it is Florida Health Sciences Center 403(b) Savings Plan in FL (8,180 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.7B here).
- Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax Exempt Affiliates Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan (CT) $1.7B · 22,661
- Supplemental Retirement Annuity Plan of the University of Pennsylvania (PA) $1.7B · 21,353
- Baylor College of Medicine Section 403b (TX) $1.6B · 12,275
- Wellstar Health System, Inc. Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan (GA) $1.7B · 24,566
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,185 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Florida Health Sciences Center 403(b) Savings Plan (FL) 8,180 · 5 off
- Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan (WA) 8,252 · 67 off
- Research Foundation of the City University of New York Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (NY) 8,264 · 79 off
- New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration (NY) 8,299 · 114 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.