Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $27M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 95
- Participants Small participant base
- 78th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $284,390
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences · Maine · Professional & Technical Services
$27M in assets, 95 participants
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences's Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan reported $27M in total assets and 95 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 78th 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.
- #15,859 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
Where Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan sits by assets
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $27M for 95 participants (~$284,390/participant), up 15.3% in 2023.
- #15,859
- in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
- +15.3%
- assets growth YoY
- 0.3×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$27,017,022 Top 22% higher than 78% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan is a small filing (95 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$3M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $23M in the plan year 2022 filing to $27M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 90 in the plan year 2022 filing to 95 in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 016006001 · Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences PY 2023 · Other
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan · $27M · 95 · 78th
- EBSA $27M
- PART 95
- TYPE 78th
- NET Other
- BOOK near Childnet, Inc. 403(b) Plan
- VS-ST ind #15859
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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Maine →
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $23M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $27M |
| Net Income | $4M |
| Employer EIN | 016006001 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1975-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $31M 31.71433146580087% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 90 | $23M |
| 2023 | 1 | 95 | $27M |
| 2024 | 1 | 104 | $31M |
Nearby Other Plans in Maine
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Mainehealth 403(b) Retirement Plan $2.1B · 22,008
- Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership 403(b) Plan $1.1B · 12,015
- Jax 403(b) Retirement Plan $526M · 2,592
- Mainegeneral Health 403(b) Retirement Plan $372M · 4,570
- Colby College Retirement Plan $278M · 916
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside Maine, the nearest Other by assets is Childnet, Inc. 403(b) Plan in FL ($27M); by covered participants it is The Charlton School 403(b) Tax Deferred Annuity Plan in NY (95 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($27M here).
- Childnet, Inc. 403(b) Plan (FL) $27M · 578
- Heritage Hall 403(b) DC and Tda Plan (OK) $27M · 186
- Full Circle Health, Inc. 403(b) Plan (ID) $27M · 388
- Healthpoint 403(b) Savings Plan (WA) $27M · 338
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (95 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.