Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$279M
Total assets Near avg plan size
5,979
Participants Above avg headcount
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$46,596
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan · Sponsored by Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health · Maine · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$279M in assets, 5,979 participants

Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health's Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan reported $279M in total assets and 5,979 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • #17,034 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)

Coverage in Maine

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan covers 5,979 participants in Maine, 13x the typical Maine plan (state average ~472 per filing). Assets: $279M.

#17,034
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
+6.1%
assets growth YoY
2.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$278,599,458 Top 4% higher than 96% 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

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan lands in the large band (5,979 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan reported net income rose from -$72M in the plan year 2022 filing to $16M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $263M in the plan year 2022 filing to $279M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan reported participants fell from 6,070 in the plan year 2022 filing to 5,979 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 010527066 · Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan · $279M · 5,979 · 96th

  • ASSETS $279M
  • ASSETS 5,979
  • ASSETS 96th
  • ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 21 Pension Fund
  • ASSETS ind #17034

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 Maine →

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Jeld-Wen, Inc. Restated Pension PlanJeld-Wen, Inc. Restated Pens…$280MPlumbers & Steamfitters Local 21 Pension FundPlumbers & Steamfitters Loca…$279MNorthern Light Health Retirement Partnership PlanNorthern Light Health Retire…$279MRetirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric CompanyRetirement Income Plan for E…$278MElliot Health System Pension PlanElliot Health System Pension…$278M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Maine filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$263M
Net Assets (End of Year)$278M
Net Income$16M
Employer EIN010527066
Plan Effective Date1966-08-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.5B 23.074244266552597% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.1B$1.2B$1.3B$1.4B$1.5B$1.6B 202220232024 $1.2B $1.48B ▲ +23.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 17,741 $1.2B
2023 2 17,994 $1.3B
2024 2 15,550 $1.5B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Maine

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Maine, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200002000400060008000 00.511.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.278599458 · Participants: 5979Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership PlanUnum Group Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.299774166 · Participants: 3140Unum Group Pension PlanMaine Medical Center Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.763853423 · Participants: 2679Maine Medical Center Pension PlanLegacy Chrysler Financial Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.545964991 · Participants: 248Legacy Chrysler Financial Employee Pension PlanTd Banknorth Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.437094691 · Participants: 1632Td Banknorth Inc. Pension PlanBangor Hydro Electric Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.123883784 · Participants: 80Bangor Hydro Electric Company Pension Plan
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Maine, assets vs. participants
Compare Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan reports $279M in end-of-year assets across 5,979 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $46,596 per participant (34% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $16M.

This plan identity (EIN 010527066, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $263M to $299M (+13.8%) while covered participants moved from 6,070 to 4,838 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,070 $263M Open filing
2023 5,979 $279M This page
2024 · index core 4,838 $299M Open filing

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

Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Maine, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 21 Pension Fund in NY ($279M); by covered participants it is Division 1181 Atu- Ny Employees Pension Fund and Plan in NY (5,983 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,979 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 Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 6.1% during 2023, from $263M to $279M. Reported net income was $16M.
How have Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems D/B/a Northern Light Health's sponsor-wide assets grew 23.1%, from $1.2B to $1.5B.
Where does Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan ranks in the 96th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 21 Pension Fund in NY ($279M, 623 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Division 1181 Atu- Ny Employees Pension Fund and Plan in NY (5,983 participants, $767M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 010527066.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.