Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Bjc Health System Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 19,132
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $144,309
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Bjc Pension Plan · Sponsored by Bjc Health System · Missouri · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$2.8B in assets, 19,132 participants
Bjc Health System's Bjc Pension Plan reported $2.8B in total assets and 19,132 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.
- #20,014 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
Coverage in Missouri
Bjc Pension Plan covers 19,132 participants in Missouri, 26x the typical Missouri plan (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $2.8B.
- #20,014
- in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
- -20.8%
- assets change YoY
- 28×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $763M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Bjc Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Bjc Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$2,760,914,971 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
Bjc Pension 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. Bjc Pension Plan is a mega filing (19,132 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 431617558 · Bjc Health System PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Bjc Pension Plan · $2.8B · 19,132 · 100th
- EIN $2.8B
- EIN 19,132
- EIN 100th
- EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EIN near The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers
- EIN ind #20014
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 Missouri →
Bjc Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Missouri filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.7B |
| Net Income | -$763M |
| Employer EIN | 431617558 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1997-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bjc Health System)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Bjc Health System plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $5.5B 13.817999015882993% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 52,921 | $4.8B |
| 2023 | 3 | 54,512 | $5.3B |
| 2024 | 3 | 57,977 | $5.5B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Missouri
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust $7.5B · 31,010
- Ameren Retirement Plan $4.4B · 10,080
- Co-Op Retirement Plan $3.4B · 15,460
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis $3.3B · 8,767
- Emerson Electric Company Retirement Plan $3.1B · 4,763
Scale composition for Bjc Pension Plan
Bjc Pension Plan reports $2.8B in end-of-year assets across 19,132 participants (0.022% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.020% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $144,309 per participant (1.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$763M.
This plan identity (EIN 431617558, plan #333) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.8B to $2.7B (-1.5%) while covered participants moved from 19,132 to 20,653 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19,132 | $2.8B | This page |
| 2023 | 19,553 | $2.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 20,653 | $2.7B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Bjc Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.7B, 20,653 participants)
- Bjc 401(k) Plan (401(k), $2.3B, 32,042 participants)
- Bjc 403(b) Plan (401(k), $481M, 5,282 participants)
Bjc Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Missouri, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers in TX ($2.8B); by covered participants it is The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund in NY (18,942 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.8B here).
- The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers (TX) $2.8B · 5,477
- Aftra Retirement Plan (NY) $2.7B · 17,771
- Upmc Basic Retirement Plan (PA) $2.8B · 68,708
- General Mills Pension Plan I (MN) $2.7B · 423
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (19,132 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund (NY) 18,942 · 190 off
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (CA) 19,326 · 194 off
- General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan (MI) 18,766 · 366 off
- Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers (CA) 19,523 · 391 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.