Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Methodist Hospitals of Dallas Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$280M
Total assets Near avg plan size
9,195
Participants Very large workforce
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$30,487
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Methodist Hospitals of Dallas · Texas · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$280M in assets, 9,195 participants

Methodist Hospitals of Dallas's Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan reported $280M in total assets and 9,195 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #19,454 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan covers 9,195 participants in Texas, 13x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $280M.

#19,454
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
-15.8%
assets change YoY
2.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $53M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$280,331,269 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Methodist Health System Employee 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. Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan lands in the large band (9,195 participants).

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 750800661 · Methodist Hospitals of Dallas PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan · $280M · 9,195 · 97th

  • TYPE $280M
  • NET 9,195
  • BOOK 97th
  • VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near Retirement Plan for Bargaining Unit and Non-Bargaining Unit Employees of Northwest Natural Gas Company
  • SCH ind #19454

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 Texas →

Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Roofers Local 149 Pension FundRoofers Local 149 Pension Fu…$280MMethodist Health System Employee Retirement PlanMethodist Health System Empl…$280MRetirement Plan for Bargaining Unit and Non-Bargaining Unit Employees of Northwest Natural Gas CompanyRetirement Plan for Bargaini…$280MMattel Cash Balance Plan$280MNissan Employee Retirement Plan BNissan Employee Retirement P…$280M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$333M
Net Assets (End of Year)$280M
Net Income-$53M
Employer EIN750800661
Plan Effective Date1976-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Methodist Hospitals of Dallas)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Methodist Hospitals of Dallas plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$759M 9.042246346839871% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$700M$800M$900M$1,000M$1,100M 202220232024 $834M $759M ▼ -9.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 18,225 $834M
2023 2 18,858 $992M
2024 1 10,343 $759M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.280331269 · Participants: 9195Methodist Health System Employee Retirement PlanAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 40.998144 · Participants: 119463AT&T Pension Benefit PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.642588618 · Participants: 12912Shell Pension PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.599 · Participants: 23661Exxonmobil Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.541187279 · Participants: 12815Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income PlanBp Retirement Accumulation Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.371602289 · Participants: 9156Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan
Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan

Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan reports $280M in end-of-year assets across 9,195 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $30,487 per participant (22% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$53M.

This plan identity (EIN 750800661, plan #001) has 2 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2023 , with end-of-year assets moving from $280M to $335M (+19.4%) while covered participants moved from 9,195 to 9,508 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 9,195 $280M This page
2023 · index core 9,508 $335M Open filing

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

Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan for Bargaining Unit and Non-Bargaining Unit Employees of Northwest Natural Gas Company in OR ($280M); by covered participants it is Main Line Health, Inc. Retirement Income Plan in PA (9,199 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,195 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 Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan declined sharply - down 15.8% during 2022, from $333M to $280M. Reported net income was -$53M.
How have Methodist Hospitals of Dallas plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Methodist Hospitals of Dallas's sponsor-wide assets declined 9.0%, from $834M to $759M.
Where does Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Plan for Bargaining Unit and Non-Bargaining Unit Employees of Northwest Natural Gas Company in OR ($280M, 407 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Methodist Health System Employee Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Main Line Health, Inc. Retirement Income Plan in PA (9,199 participants, $1.5B in assets).