Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Duke University Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $9.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 44,809
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $199,757
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Duke University · North Carolina · Educational Services
$9.0B in assets, 44,809 participants
Duke University's The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan reported $9.0B in total assets and 44,809 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.
- #3,734 in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
Coverage in North Carolina
The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan covers 44,809 participants in North Carolina, 55x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~819 per filing). Assets: $9.0B.
- #3,734
- in Educational Services (3,735 peers)
- +18.4%
- assets growth YoY
- 90×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$8,950,907,627 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
The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement 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. The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan is a mega filing (44,809 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$1.3B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $7.6B in the plan year 2022 filing to $9.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 43,924 in the plan year 2022 filing to 44,809 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 560532129 · Duke University PY 2023 · Other
The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan · $9.0B · 44,809 · 100th
- PHOTO $9.0B
- IND 44,809
- EOY 100th
- 5500 Other
- ASSETS near The Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Plan
- PCT ind #3734
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 Educational Services retirement plans → · Plans in North Carolina →
The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
North Carolina filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $7.6B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $9.0B |
| Net Income | $1.4B |
| Employer EIN | 560532129 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1925-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Duke University)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Duke University plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $13.8B 37.83151244360225% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 64,524 | $10.0B |
| 2023 | 3 | 65,887 | $11.6B |
| 2024 | 3 | 71,094 | $13.8B |
Nearby Other Plans in North Carolina
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan $3.2B · 18,961
- The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Voluntary Savings Plan $1.5B · 13,606
- Wake Forest University Retirement Plan $798M · 3,092
- Caromont Health, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan $444M · 4,458
- Firsthealth of the Carolinas, Inc. Matching Savings Plan $389M · 5,520
Scale composition for The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan
The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan reports $9.0B in end-of-year assets across 44,809 participants (0.073% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.048% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $199,757 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $1.4B.
This plan identity (EIN 560532129, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $7.6B to $11.0B (+46.0%) while covered participants moved from 43,924 to 48,377 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 43,924 | $7.6B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 44,809 | $9.0B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 48,377 | $11.0B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan (Other, $11.0B, 48,377 participants)
- Employees' Retirement Plan of Duke University (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.8B, 22,655 participants)
The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside North Carolina, the nearest Other by assets is The Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Plan in NY ($8.5B); by covered participants it is The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan in PA (41,942 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($9.0B here).
- The Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Plan (NY) $8.5B · 30,241
- Northwell Health 403(b) Plan (NY) $9.9B · 48,676
- Johns Hopkins University 403(b) Plan (MD) $7.8B · 25,369
- Cleveland Clinic Savings and Investment Plan (OH) $7.5B · 54,690
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (44,809 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan (PA) 41,942 · 2,867 off
- Intermountain Healthcare Tax Deferred Savings 403(b) Plan (UT) 41,571 · 3,238 off
- The Retirement Savings Plan (NY) 41,528 · 3,281 off
- Fca US LLC UAW Savings Plan (MI) 49,473 · 4,664 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.