Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Multicare Health System Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$560M
Total assets
864
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$647,639
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System · Sponsored by Multicare Health System · Washington · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$560M in assets, 864 participants

Multicare Health System's Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System reported $560M in total assets and 864 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • 98th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System holds $560M for 864 participants - about $647,639 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, down 3.0% over the 2023 plan year.

$560M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
864
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$647,639
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Healthcare & Social Assistance

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System

Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Multicare Health System, headquartered in Washington. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $560M in total end-of-year assets and covers 864 participants across the Healthcare & Social Assistance industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 911352172, and the plan has been effective since 1967-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged down modestly from $577M at the beginning of 2023 to $560M at year-end - down 3.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $505M, with reported net income of $14M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Multicare Health System has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $2.1B to $3.1B, a gain of 48.0%, while reported participants moved from 31,851 to 34,209 (+7.4%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $3.1B; the softest was 2022 at $2.1B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $2.1B in assets across 4 plans covering 31,851 participants; 2023 - $2.4B in assets across 4 plans covering 32,961 participants; 2024 - $3.1B in assets across 4 plans covering 34,209 participants.

By assets, Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System outranks 98% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 5.6x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$577M
Total Assets (End of Year)$560M
Net Assets (End of Year)$505M
Net Income$14M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN911352172
Plan Effective Date1967-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Multicare Health System)

$1.5B$2B$2.5B$3B$3.5B 202220232024 $2.07B $3.06B ▲ +47.8%
Total plan assets by year, all Multicare Health System 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 31,851 $2.1B
2023 4 32,961 $2.4B
2024 4 34,209 $3.1B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System holds $560M in total assets with 864 participants. It is sponsored by Multicare Health System.
What type of plan is Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System?
Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1967-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 911352172.
Who sponsors the Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System?
Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System is sponsored by Multicare Health System, located in Washington. The sponsor's EIN is 911352172 and the plan operates in the Healthcare & Social Assistance industry.
How did Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System perform in 2023?
Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System edged down modestly - down 3.0% during 2023, moving from $577M to $560M in total assets. Net income was $14M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System's numbers.

  • By total assets, Retirement Plan for Employees of Multicare Health System ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Washington. Compare plans
  • Multicare Health System's sponsor-wide assets have grown 48.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Healthcare & Social Assistance plans
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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 911352172.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

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

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.