401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Highmark Health 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.5B
Total assets Very large vs avg
15,996
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$155,836
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Highmark Investment Plan · Sponsored by Highmark Health · Pennsylvania · Finance & Insurance

$2.5B in assets, 15,996 participants

Highmark Health's Highmark Investment Plan reported $2.5B in total assets and 15,996 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #8,765 in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Highmark Investment Plan covers 15,996 participants in Pennsylvania, 19x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $2.5B.

#8,765
in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)
+23.2%
assets growth YoY
25×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Highmark Investment Plan's outsized position by total assets

Highmark Investment Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,492,746,476 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Highmark Investment 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. Highmark Investment Plan is a mega filing (15,996 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Highmark Investment Plan reported net income rose from -$302M in the plan year 2022 filing to $461M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Highmark Investment Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.5B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Highmark Investment Plan reported participants rose from 15,045 in the plan year 2022 filing to 15,996 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 453674900 · Highmark Health PY 2023 · 401(k)

Highmark Investment Plan · $2.5B · 15,996 · 99th

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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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →

Highmark Investment Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Gundersen Lutheran Employees' Retirement PlanGundersen Lutheran Employees…$2.5BGordon Food Service, Inc. Profit Sharing PlanGordon Food Service, Inc. Pr…$2.5BHighmark Investment Plan$2.5BTrinet Select 401(k) Plan$2.5BAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.…$2.5B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Highmark Investment Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.5B
Net Income$461M
Employer EIN453674900
Plan Effective Date1984-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Highmark Health)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Highmark Health plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6.0B 15.248406515244817% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5B$5.5B$6B$6.5B 202220232024 $5.18B $5.97B ▲ +15.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 30,804 $5.2B
2023 2 30,774 $5.8B
2024 2 29,485 $6.0B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Highmark Investment Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Highmark Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.492746476 · Participants: 15996Highmark Investment PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.368669862 · Participants: 93136Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanCigna 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.003870935 · Participants: 66760Cigna 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.765617477 · Participants: 18200The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.339762 · Participants: 61697The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.955655142 · Participants: 25184The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
Highmark Investment Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Highmark Investment Plan

Highmark Investment Plan reports $2.5B in end-of-year assets across 15,996 participants (0.020% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.017% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $155,836 per participant (1.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $461M.

This plan identity (EIN 453674900, plan #334) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.0B to $2.9B (+41.4%) while covered participants moved from 15,045 to 15,661 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 15,045 $2.0B Open filing
2023 15,996 $2.5B This page
2024 · index core 15,661 $2.9B Open filing

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

Highmark Investment Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Trinet Select 401(k) Plan in FL ($2.5B); by covered participants it is Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan in MA (15,998 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.5B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,996 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 Highmark Investment Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Highmark Investment Plan grew sharply - up 23.2% during 2023, from $2.0B to $2.5B. Reported net income was $461M.
How have Highmark Health plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Highmark Health's sponsor-wide assets grew 15.2%, from $5.2B to $6.0B.
Where does Highmark Investment Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Highmark Investment Plan ranks in the 99th 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 401(k) plans are similar in size to Highmark Investment Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Trinet Select 401(k) Plan in FL ($2.5B, 21,888 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Highmark Investment Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan in MA (15,998 participants, $410M in assets).