Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
The Cooper Health System Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $640M
- Total assets
- 9,570
- Participants
- 98th
- Percentile by assets
- $66,888
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan · Sponsored by The Cooper Health System · New Jersey · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$640M in assets, 9,570 participants
The Cooper Health System's The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan reported $640M in total assets and 9,570 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.
- 98th percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- #19,765 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan covers 9,570 participants in New Jersey, 11x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $640M.
- $640M
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 9,570
- covered participants
- 98th
- percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- $66,888
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $106M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Participants vs New Jersey filers
In New Jersey, the average filing covers about 844 participants across 4,145 plans. The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan reports 9,570 participants - 11x that state average ($640M EOY assets).
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $746M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $640M |
| Net Income | -$106M |
| Employer EIN | 210634462 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2005-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Cooper Health System)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 16,751 | $991M |
| 2023 | 3 | 16,709 | $1.1B |
| 2024 | 2 | 15,624 | $1.3B |
Nearby Other Plans in New Jersey
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants
- Consolidated 403(b) Plan of Hackensack Meridian Health $1.6B · 18,619
- Princeton University Retirement Savings Plan $1.3B · 7,627
- Rwjbarnabas Health 403(b) Savings Plan $1.2B · 29,563
- Educational Testing Service 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan $822M · 3,797
- Atlantic Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan $759M · 19,041
Scale composition for The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan
The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan reports $640M in end-of-year assets across 9,570 participants (0.005% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $66,888 per participant (48% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$106M.
This plan identity (EIN 210634462, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $640M to $944M (+47.5%) while covered participants moved from 9,570 to 8,416 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9,570 | $640M | This page |
| 2023 | 9,570 | $799M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,416 | $944M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan (Other, $944M, 8,416 participants)
- Cooper Health System, Inc. Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (Profit Sharing, $359M, 7,208 participants)
Similar-Sized Other Plans Nationally
Other plans in other states closest to The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Wellesley College 403(b) Retirement Plan (MA) $640M · 1,254
- Thedacare Retirement and 403(b) Savings Plan (WI) $637M · 6,335
- Parkview Health System, Inc. 403(b) Plan (IN) $634M · 14,230
- University of San Diego Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (CA) $632M · 1,845
Frequently Asked Questions
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in New Jersey. Compare plans
- The Cooper Health System's sponsor-wide assets have grown 31.6% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Healthcare & Social Assistance plans