Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Sutter Health Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$6.5B
Total assets Very large vs avg
50,273
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$129,967
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Sutter Health · California · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$6.5B in assets, 50,273 participants

Sutter Health's Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan reported $6.5B in total assets and 50,273 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.

  • #17,663 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)

Coverage in California

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan covers 50,273 participants in California, 80x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $6.5B.

#17,663
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
+22.8%
assets growth YoY
66×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$6,533,806,707 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

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings 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. Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan is a mega filing (50,273 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$1.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.2B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $5.3B in the plan year 2022 filing to $6.5B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 48,591 in the plan year 2022 filing to 50,273 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 942788907 · Sutter Health PY 2023 · Other

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan · $6.5B · 50,273 · 100th

  • BOOK $6.5B
  • BOOK 50,273
  • BOOK 100th
  • BOOK Other
  • BOOK near Washington University Retirement Savings Plan
  • BOOK ind #17663

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 California →

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Yale University Retirement Account PlanYale University Retirement A…$7.4BUniversity of Rochester Retirement ProgramUniversity of Rochester Reti…$7.2BWashington University Retirement Savings PlanWashington University Retire…$6.7BSutter Health 403(b) Savings PlanSutter Health 403(b) Savings…$6.5BThe University of Pennsylvania Matching PlanThe University of Pennsylvan…$6.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$5.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$6.5B
Net Income$1.2B
Employer EIN942788907
Plan Effective Date2008-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sutter Health)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sutter Health plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$15.1B 24.368392769155733% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$11B$12B$13B$14B$15B$16B 202220232024 $12.1B $15.1B ▲ +24.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 6 97,740 $12.1B
2023 6 100,618 $13.6B
2024 6 108,498 $15.1B

Nearby Other Plans in California

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

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000400005000060000 024681012 Total assets ($B) Participants Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.533806707 · Participants: 50273Sutter Health 403(b) Savings PlanStanford Contributory Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.039978863 · Participants: 21674Stanford Contributory Retirement PlanStanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.761504142 · Participants: 22681Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings PlanCaltech Base Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.792181822 · Participants: 10682Caltech Base Retirement PlanUniversity of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.277911652 · Participants: 21764University of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity PlanCedars-Sinai Health System 403b Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.246753782 · Participants: 10989Cedars-Sinai Health System 403b Retirement Plan
Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan reports $6.5B in end-of-year assets across 50,273 participants (0.053% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.054% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $129,967 per participant (94% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $1.2B.

This plan identity (EIN 942788907, plan #337) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $5.3B to $7.6B (+43.5%) while covered participants moved from 48,591 to 54,954 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 48,591 $5.3B Open filing
2023 50,273 $6.5B This page
2024 · index core 54,954 $7.6B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

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

Outside California, the nearest Other by assets is Washington University Retirement Savings Plan in MO ($6.7B); by covered participants it is Fca US LLC UAW Savings Plan in MI (49,473 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($6.5B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (50,273 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 Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan assets move in 2023?
Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan grew sharply - up 22.8% during 2023, from $5.3B to $6.5B. Reported net income was $1.2B.
How have Sutter Health plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sutter Health's sponsor-wide assets grew 24.4%, from $12.1B to $15.1B.
Where does Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Sutter Health 403(b) Savings 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 Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Washington University Retirement Savings Plan in MO ($6.7B, 25,521 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Fca US LLC UAW Savings Plan in MI (49,473 participants, $4.7B in assets).