Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Highmark Health Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 15,759
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $200,464
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Highmark Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Highmark Health · Pennsylvania · Finance & Insurance
$3.2B in assets, 15,759 participants
Highmark Health's Highmark Retirement Plan reported $3.2B in total assets and 15,759 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.
- #9,187 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
Coverage in Pennsylvania
Highmark Retirement Plan covers 15,759 participants in Pennsylvania, 19x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $3.2B.
- #9,187
- in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
- -30.4%
- assets change YoY
- 32×
- 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.
Highmark Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Highmark Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$3,159,108,445 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
Highmark Retirement 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. Highmark Retirement Plan is a mega filing (15,759 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 453674900 · Highmark Health PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Highmark Retirement Plan · $3.2B · 15,759 · 100th
- EBSA $3.2B
- PART 15,759
- TYPE 100th
- NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
- BOOK near The Continental Retirement Plan
- VS-ST ind #9187
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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →
Highmark Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Pennsylvania filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $4.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.1B |
| Net Income | -$1.1B |
| Employer EIN | 453674900 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1974-06-15 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Highmark Health)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Highmark Health plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $6.0B 15.248406515244817% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 30,804 | $5.2B |
| 2023 | 2 | 30,774 | $5.8B |
| 2024 | 2 | 29,485 | $6.0B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Pennsylvania
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- National Elevator Industry Pension Plan $10.4B · 27,097
- Steelworkers Pension Trust $5.9B · 52,395
- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan $5.4B · 63,731
- Constellation Retirement Program $5.4B · 5,314
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan $5.0B · 8,098
Scale composition for Highmark Retirement Plan
Highmark Retirement Plan reports $3.2B in end-of-year assets across 15,759 participants (0.026% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.017% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $200,464 per participant (1.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.1B.
This plan identity (EIN 453674900, plan #333) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.2B to $3.1B (-1.5%) while covered participants moved from 15,759 to 13,824 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15,759 | $3.2B | This page |
| 2023 | 14,778 | $3.3B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 13,824 | $3.1B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Highmark Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $3.1B, 13,824 participants)
- Highmark Investment Plan (401(k), $2.9B, 15,661 participants)
Highmark Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Continental Retirement Plan in TX ($3.2B); by covered participants it is Ecolab Pension Plan in MN (15,726 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.2B here).
- The Continental Retirement Plan (TX) $3.2B · 24,855
- Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees (LA) $3.2B · 8,484
- Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan (NC) $3.2B · 16,132
- Emerson Electric Company Retirement Plan (MO) $3.1B · 4,763
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,759 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Ecolab Pension Plan (MN) 15,726 · 33 off
- American Electric Power System Retirement Plan (OH) 15,837 · 78 off
- 1199seiu Greater New York Pension Fund (NY) 15,937 · 178 off
- Delta Retirement Plan (GA) 15,951 · 192 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.