Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Mayo Clinic Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$11.2B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
84,098
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$133,253
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Mayo 403(b) Plan · Sponsored by Mayo Clinic · Minnesota · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$11.2B in assets, 84,098 participants

Mayo Clinic's Mayo 403(b) Plan reported $11.2B in total assets and 84,098 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #17,678 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)

Coverage in Minnesota

Mayo 403(b) Plan covers 84,098 participants in Minnesota, 75x the typical Minnesota plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $11.2B.

#17,678
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
+18.5%
assets growth YoY
112×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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

Mayo 403(b) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$11,206,302,019 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Mayo 403(b) Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Mayo 403(b) Plan is a mega filing (84,098 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Mayo 403(b) Plan reported net income rose from -$1.3B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Mayo 403(b) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $9.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $11.2B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Mayo 403(b) Plan reported participants rose from 80,932 in the plan year 2022 filing to 84,098 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 416011702 · Mayo Clinic PY 2023 · Other

Mayo 403(b) Plan · $11.2B · 84,098 · 100th

  • BOY $11.2B
  • BOY 84,098
  • BOY 100th
  • BOY Other
  • BOY near Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan
  • BOY ind #17678

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 Minnesota →

Mayo 403(b) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Mayo 403(b) Plan$11.2BStanford Contributory Retirement PlanStanford Contributory Retire…$11.0BNorthwell Health 403(b) Plan$9.9BThe Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement PlanThe Duke University Faculty …$9.0BThe Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement PlanThe Mount Sinai Medical Cent…$8.5B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Mayo 403(b) Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Minnesota filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$9.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$11.2B
Net Income$1.8B
Employer EIN416011702
Plan Effective Date1971-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Mayo Clinic)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Mayo Clinic plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$24.6B 24.614502961338893% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$18B$20B$22B$24B$26B 202220232024 $19.8B $24.6B ▲ +24.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 147,366 $19.8B
2023 2 153,253 $22.2B
2024 2 157,676 $24.6B

Nearby Other Plans in Minnesota

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

Mayo 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000100000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Mayo 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.206302019 · Participants: 84098Mayo 403(b) PlanCentracare Health System 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.826746245 · Participants: 9437Centracare Health System 403(b) PlanChildrens Hospitals and Clinics Matched Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.820036853 · Participants: 5331Childrens Hospitals and Clinics Matched Savings PlanCarpenters & Joiners Defined Contribution Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.718854174 · Participants: 21043Carpenters & Joiners Defined Contribution PlanUniversity of St. Thomas Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.4224871 · Participants: 2481University of St. Thomas Retirement PlanCarleton College Defined Contribution Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.364970261 · Participants: 821Carleton College Defined Contribution Plan
Mayo 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Mayo 403(b) Plan

Mayo 403(b) Plan reports $11.2B in end-of-year assets across 84,098 participants (0.091% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.090% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $133,253 per participant (96% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $1.8B.

This plan identity (EIN 416011702, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $9.5B to $12.8B (+35.4%) while covered participants moved from 80,932 to 85,933 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 80,932 $9.5B Open filing
2023 84,098 $11.2B This page
2024 · index core 85,933 $12.8B Open filing

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

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

Outside Minnesota, the nearest Other by assets is Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan in CA ($11.0B); by covered participants it is Upmc 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan in PA (78,261 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($11.2B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (84,098 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 Mayo 403(b) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Mayo 403(b) Plan grew sharply - up 18.5% during 2023, from $9.5B to $11.2B. Reported net income was $1.8B.
How have Mayo Clinic plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Mayo Clinic's sponsor-wide assets grew 24.6%, from $19.8B to $24.6B.
Where does Mayo 403(b) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Mayo 403(b) Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Mayo 403(b) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan in CA ($11.0B, 21,674 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Mayo 403(b) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Upmc 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan in PA (78,261 participants, $4.2B in assets).