Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
The Cooper Health System Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $640M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 9,570
- Participants Very large workforce
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $66,888
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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.
- #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.
- #19,765
- in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
- -14.2%
- assets change YoY
- 6.4×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
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.
The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$640,114,547 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
The Cooper Health System 403(b) 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. The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan lands in the large band (9,570 participants).
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 210634462 · The Cooper Health System PY 2022 · Other
The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan · $640M · 9,570 · 98th
- BOY $640M
- BOY 9,570
- BOY 98th
- BOY Other
- BOY near Wellesley College 403(b) Retirement Plan
- BOY ind #19765
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 New Jersey →
The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
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)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Cooper Health System plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.3B 31.553316073829983% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| 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.
- 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)
The Cooper Health System 403(b) Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest Other by assets is Wellesley College 403(b) Retirement Plan in MA ($640M); by covered participants it is Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc 403(b) Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan in OH (9,522 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($640M here).
- 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
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,570 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc 403(b) Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan (OH) 9,522 · 48 off
- Northwestern University Retirement Plan (IL) 9,465 · 105 off
- Southeastern Carpenters and Millwrights Pension Plan (TN) 9,451 · 119 off
- Caltech Base Retirement Plan (CA) 9,827 · 257 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.