Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Bjc Health System Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 19,553
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $145,154
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Bjc Pension Plan · Sponsored by Bjc Health System · Missouri · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$2.8B in assets, 19,553 participants
Bjc Health System's Bjc Pension Plan reported $2.8B in total assets and 19,553 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.
- #17,625 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
Coverage in Missouri
Bjc Pension Plan covers 19,553 participants in Missouri, 27x the typical Missouri plan (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $2.8B.
- #17,625
- in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
- +2.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 28×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Bjc Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Bjc Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$2,838,204,241 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Bjc Pension 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. Bjc Pension Plan is a mega filing (19,553 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Bjc Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$763M in the plan year 2022 filing to $47M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Bjc Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.8B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Bjc Pension Plan reported participants rose from 19,132 in the plan year 2022 filing to 19,553 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 431617558 · Bjc Health System PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Bjc Pension Plan · $2.8B · 19,553 · 100th
- NET $2.8B
- NET 19,553
- NET 100th
- NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
- NET near Upmc Basic Retirement Plan
- NET ind #17625
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 Missouri →
Bjc Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Missouri filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.7B |
| Net Income | $47M |
| Employer EIN | 431617558 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1997-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bjc Health System)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Bjc Health System plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $5.5B 13.817999015882993% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 52,921 | $4.8B |
| 2023 | 3 | 54,512 | $5.3B |
| 2024 | 3 | 57,977 | $5.5B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Missouri
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust $7.8B · 30,358
- Ameren Retirement Plan $4.7B · 10,156
- Co-Op Retirement Plan $3.5B · 14,993
- Emerson Electric Company Retirement Plan $3.4B · 2,671
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis $3.3B · 11,420
Scale composition for Bjc Pension Plan
Bjc Pension Plan reports $2.8B in end-of-year assets across 19,553 participants (0.023% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.021% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $145,154 per participant (1.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $47M.
This plan identity (EIN 431617558, plan #333) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.8B to $2.7B (-1.5%) while covered participants moved from 19,132 to 20,653 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19,132 | $2.8B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 19,553 | $2.8B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 20,653 | $2.7B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Bjc Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.7B, 20,653 participants)
- Bjc 401(k) Plan (401(k), $2.3B, 32,042 participants)
- Bjc 403(b) Plan (401(k), $481M, 5,282 participants)
Bjc Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Missouri, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Upmc Basic Retirement Plan in PA ($2.8B); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. in CA (19,545 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.8B here).
- Upmc Basic Retirement Plan (PA) $2.8B · 70,746
- New York State Teamsters Conference Pension & Retirement Fund (NY) $2.8B · 10,056
- The Retirement Benefit Plan of American Airlines, Inc. for Agent, Management, Specialist, Support Personnel and Officers (TX) $2.9B · 5,096
- Sentara Pension Plan (VA) $2.8B · 18,499
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (19,553 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (CA) 19,545 · 8 off
- The Legacy Plan of the Unite Here Retirement Fund (NY) 19,570 · 17 off
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Employee Retirement Program (MD) 19,673 · 120 off
- New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan (NY) 19,697 · 144 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.