Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Seattle Childrens Healthcare System Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$250M
Total assets Near avg plan size
9,337
Participants Very large workforce
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$26,726
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan · Sponsored by Seattle Childrens Healthcare System · Washington · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$250M in assets, 9,337 participants

Seattle Childrens Healthcare System's Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan reported $250M in total assets and 9,337 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • #16,973 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)

Coverage in Washington

Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan covers 9,337 participants in Washington, 6.3x the typical Washington plan (state average ~1,476 per filing). Assets: $250M.

#16,973
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
+18.7%
assets growth YoY
2.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$249,540,364 Top 4% higher than 96% of 127,068 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 2023

Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan lands in the large band (9,337 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan reported net income rose from -$38M in the plan year 2022 filing to $39M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $210M in the plan year 2022 filing to $250M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan reported participants rose from 8,252 in the plan year 2022 filing to 9,337 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 911250116 · Seattle Childrens Healthcare System PY 2023 · Other

Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan · $250M · 9,337 · 96th

  • NET $250M
  • NET 9,337
  • NET 96th
  • NET Other
  • NET near Doylestown Hospital 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
  • NET ind #16973

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 Washington →

Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Employees Supplemental Retirement Plan CEmployees Supplemental Retir…$250MDoylestown Hospital 403(b) Retirement Savings PlanDoylestown Hospital 403(b) R…$250MSeattle Children's 403(b) PlanSeattle Children's 403(b) Pl…$250MBridgeport Hospital Tax Sheltered Annuity PlanBridgeport Hospital Tax Shel…$249MBrown Physicians, Inc. 403(b) PlanBrown Physicians, Inc. 403(b…$248M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Washington filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$210M
Net Assets (End of Year)$250M
Net Income$39M
Employer EIN911250116
Plan Effective Date1991-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Seattle Childrens Healthcare System)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Seattle Childrens Healthcare System plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.7B 47.82507719179726% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B$1.8B 202220232024 $1.18B $1.74B ▲ +47.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 16,818 $1.2B
2023 2 18,828 $1.5B
2024 2 19,763 $1.7B

Nearby Other Plans in Washington

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Washington, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500000050000010000001500000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.249540364 · Participants: 9337Seattle Children's 403(b) PlanA Single-Employer Plan, Total assets ($B): 26.152051943 · Participants: 1103349A Single-Employer PlanFred Hutchinson Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.337797274 · Participants: 5646Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Retirement Savings PlanMulticare Health System 403(b) Employee Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.993747801 · Participants: 15445Multicare Health System 403(b) Employee Savings PlanIronworkers District Council of the Pacific Nw Field Ironworkers Annuity Trust Fund, Total assets ($B): 0.560575431 · Participants: 7520Ironworkers District Council of the Pacific Nw Field Ironworkers Annuity Trust FundOverlake Hospital Medical Center 403(b)Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.547732449 · Participants: 3392Overlake Hospital Medical Center 403(b)Retirement Plan
Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Washington, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan

Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan reports $250M in end-of-year assets across 9,337 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $26,726 per participant (19% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $39M.

This plan identity (EIN 911250116, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $210M to $284M (+35.2%) while covered participants moved from 8,252 to 9,721 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 8,252 $210M Open filing
2023 9,337 $250M This page
2024 · index core 9,721 $284M Open filing

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

Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside Washington, the nearest Other by assets is Doylestown Hospital 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan in PA ($250M); by covered participants it is Methodist Health System 403(b)Plan in TX (9,350 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($250M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,337 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan grew sharply - up 18.7% during 2023, from $210M to $250M. Reported net income was $39M.
How have Seattle Childrens Healthcare System plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Seattle Childrens Healthcare System's sponsor-wide assets grew 47.8%, from $1.2B to $1.7B.
Where does Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan ranks in the 96th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Doylestown Hospital 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan in PA ($250M, 3,264 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Seattle Children's 403(b) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Methodist Health System 403(b)Plan in TX (9,350 participants, $657M in assets).