Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Wvu Health System Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.5B
Total assets Very large vs avg
25,400
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$57,773
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Wvu Health System · West Virginia · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$1.5B in assets, 25,400 participants

Wvu Health System's West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan reported $1.5B in total assets and 25,400 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.

  • #17,549 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)

Coverage in West Virginia

West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan covers 25,400 participants in West Virginia, 54x the typical West Virginia plan (state average ~467 per filing). Assets: $1.5B.

#17,549
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
+52.8%
assets growth YoY
15×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,467,425,337 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

West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement 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. West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (25,400 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$100M in the plan year 2022 filing to $296M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $960M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.5B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 18,993 in the plan year 2022 filing to 25,400 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 550754713 · Wvu Health System PY 2023 · Other

West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan · $1.5B · 25,400 · 99th

  • PART $1.5B
  • TYPE 25,400
  • NET 99th
  • BOOK Other
  • VS-ST near The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Voluntary Savings Plan
  • BOY ind #17549

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 West Virginia →

West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Main Line Health, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanMain Line Health, Inc. Retir…$1.5BWest Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings PlanWest Virginia University Hea…$1.5BThe Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Voluntary Savings PlanThe Moses H. Cone Memorial H…$1.5BBoston Medical Center 403(b) Retirement PlanBoston Medical Center 403(b)…$1.5BJohns Hopkins Health System Corporation 403(b) PlanJohns Hopkins Health System …$1.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

West Virginia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$960M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.5B
Net Income$296M
Employer EIN550754713
Plan Effective Date1985-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wvu Health System)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Wvu Health System plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.0B 83.78704006403817% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.5B$1B$1.5B$2B$2.5B 202220232024 $1.09B $2.01B ▲ +84.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 21,598 $1.1B
2023 2 27,925 $1.7B
2024 2 34,913 $2.0B

Nearby Other Plans in West Virginia

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

West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in West Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100000100002000030000 00.511.52 Total assets ($B) Participants West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.467425337 · Participants: 25400West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings PlanMaryland Electrical Industry Severance & Annuity F, Total assets ($B): 0.291868473 · Participants: 2645Maryland Electrical Industry Severance & Annuity FWest Virginia University Medical Corporation 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.281583387 · Participants: 1761West Virginia University Medical Corporation 403(b) PlanCamc Health System, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.228152181 · Participants: 0Camc Health System, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanLocal Union 317 Electrical Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.159972427 · Participants: 744Local Union 317 Electrical Pension PlanUniversity Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.148758563 · Participants: 2263University Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. Retirement Plan
West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in West Virginia, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan

West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan reports $1.5B in end-of-year assets across 25,400 participants (0.012% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.027% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $57,773 per participant (42% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $296M.

This plan identity (EIN 550754713, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $960M to $1.8B (+82.6%) while covered participants moved from 18,993 to 30,364 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 18,993 $960M Open filing
2023 25,400 $1.5B This page
2024 · index core 30,364 $1.8B Open filing

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

West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside West Virginia, the nearest Other by assets is The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Voluntary Savings Plan in NC ($1.5B); by covered participants it is Johns Hopkins University 403(b) Plan in MD (25,369 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (25,400 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 West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2023?
West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan surged - up 52.8% during 2023, from $960M to $1.5B. Reported net income was $296M.
How have Wvu Health System plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Wvu Health System's sponsor-wide assets grew 83.8%, from $1.1B to $2.0B.
Where does West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings 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 Other plans are similar in size to West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Voluntary Savings Plan in NC ($1.5B, 13,606 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to West Virginia University Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Johns Hopkins University 403(b) Plan in MD (25,369 participants, $7.8B in assets).