Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Syracuse University Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $726M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 7,437
- Participants Very large workforce
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $97,619
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Syracuse University · New York · Educational Services
$726M in assets, 7,437 participants
Syracuse University's Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan reported $726M in total assets and 7,437 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- #3,940 in Educational Services (4,024 peers)
Coverage in New York
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan covers 7,437 participants in New York, 9.3x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $726M.
- #3,940
- in Educational Services (4,024 peers)
- -12.4%
- assets change YoY
- 7.3×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $102M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$725,991,968 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Syracuse University 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. Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan lands in the large band (7,437 participants).
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 150532081 · Syracuse University PY 2022 · Other
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan · $726M · 7,437 · 98th
- VS-ST $726M
- BOY 7,437
- SCH 98th
- EBSA Other
- PART near Joint Annuity Fund Local 164 IBEW
- TYPE ind #3940
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 New York →
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New York filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $828M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $726M |
| Net Income | -$102M |
| Employer EIN | 150532081 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1976-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Syracuse University)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Syracuse University plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.6B 18.001042628725898% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 12,451 | $2.2B |
| 2023 | 2 | 12,475 | $2.4B |
| 2024 | 2 | 12,631 | $2.6B |
Nearby Other Plans in New York
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northwell Health 403(b) Plan $8.3B · 47,348
- The Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Plan $7.3B · 30,163
- University of Rochester Retirement Program $6.4B · 27,581
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan $4.6B · 21,395
- Retirement Plan for Officers of Columbia University $4.4B · 14,287
Scale composition for Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan reports $726M in end-of-year assets across 7,437 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $97,619 per participant (71% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$102M.
This plan identity (EIN 150532081, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $726M to $878M (+20.9%) while covered participants moved from 7,437 to 7,452 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,437 | $726M | This page |
| 2023 | 7,508 | $807M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 7,452 | $878M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Syracuse University Noncontributory Retirement Plan (Other, $1.7B, 5,179 participants)
- Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan (Other, $878M, 7,452 participants)
Syracuse University Voluntary Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest Other by assets is Joint Annuity Fund Local 164 IBEW in NJ ($728M); by covered participants it is Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana 403(b) Retirement Plan in IN (7,442 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($726M here).
- Joint Annuity Fund Local 164 IBEW (NJ) $728M · 2,871
- Presbyterian Healthcare Services 403(b) Plan (NM) $729M · 11,300
- Prisma Health 401(a) Plan (SC) $722M · 21,288
- Kaiser Permanente Washington 403(b) Plan (CA) $721M · 6,233
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,437 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana 403(b) Retirement Plan (IN) 7,442 · 5 off
- Children's Mercy Hospital Tax-Deferred Annuity Retirement Plan (MO) 7,405 · 32 off
- Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan (TX) 7,398 · 39 off
- John Muir Health 403b Plan (CA) 7,357 · 80 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.