401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Wellspan Health 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.8B
Total assets Very large vs avg
24,053
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$76,168
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Wellspan Health · Pennsylvania · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$1.8B in assets, 24,053 participants

Wellspan Health's Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan reported $1.8B in total assets and 24,053 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.

  • #19,974 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan covers 24,053 participants in Pennsylvania, 29x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $1.8B.

#19,974
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
-11.7%
assets change YoY
18×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $243M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,832,069,143 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings 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. Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (24,053 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 222517863 · Wellspan Health PY 2022 · 401(k)

Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan · $1.8B · 24,053 · 99th

  • 5500 $1.8B
  • 5500 24,053
  • 5500 99th
  • 5500 401(k)
  • 5500 near Nrg Affiliates Employee Savings Plan
  • 5500 ind #19974

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 Pennsylvania →

Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Rai 401(k) Savings Plan$1.8BKellogg Brown & Root, Inc. Retirement and Savings PlanKellogg Brown & Root, Inc. R…$1.8BWellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings PlanWellspan 403(b) Retirement S…$1.8BNrg Affiliates Employee Savings PlanNrg Affiliates Employee Savi…$1.8BGeneral Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan for Represented EmployeesGeneral Dynamics Corporation…$1.8B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.8B
Net Income-$243M
Employer EIN222517863
Plan Effective Date2008-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wellspan Health)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Wellspan Health plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.7B 44.1934391508764% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.5B$2B$2.5B$3B 202220232024 $1.9B $2.73B ▲ +43.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 26,908 $1.9B
2023 3 24,068 $2.3B
2024 3 23,861 $2.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000120000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.832069143 · Participants: 24053Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.751564896 · Participants: 97769Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanCigna 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.46087279 · Participants: 66147Cigna 401(k) PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.11713 · Participants: 59451The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.097254785 · Participants: 17073The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.823164827 · Participants: 25071The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan

Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan reports $1.8B in end-of-year assets across 24,053 participants (0.015% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.026% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $76,168 per participant (55% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$243M.

This plan identity (EIN 222517863, plan #005) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.8B to $2.6B (+44.2%) while covered participants moved from 24,053 to 21,551 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 24,053 $1.8B This page
2023 21,201 $2.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 21,551 $2.6B Open filing

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

Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Nrg Affiliates Employee Savings Plan in NJ ($1.8B); by covered participants it is Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA (23,925 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.8B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (24,053 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 Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan pulled back noticeably - down 11.7% during 2022, from $2.1B to $1.8B. Reported net income was -$243M.
How have Wellspan Health plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Wellspan Health's sponsor-wide assets grew 44.2%, from $1.9B to $2.7B.
Where does Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 99th 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 Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Nrg Affiliates Employee Savings Plan in NJ ($1.8B, 6,661 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Wellspan 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA (23,925 participants, $245M in assets).