Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Essentia Health Profit Sharing Plan

Data updated 2026-08-06

$1.9B
Total assets
15,491
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$125,687
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Essentia Health Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Essentia Health · Minnesota · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$1.9B in assets, 15,491 participants

Essentia Health's Essentia Health Retirement Plan reported $1.9B in total assets and 15,491 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.

  • 99th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
  • #17,526 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,626 peers)

Coverage in Minnesota

Essentia Health Retirement Plan covers 15,491 participants in Minnesota, 13x the typical Minnesota plan (state average ~1,161 per filing). Assets: $1.9B.

$1.9B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
15,491
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$125,687
avg assets per participant

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Essentia Health Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$290M in the plan year 2022 filing to $334M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Essentia Health Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.6B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.9B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Essentia Health Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 14,444 in the plan year 2022 filing to 15,491 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Participants vs Minnesota filers

In Minnesota, the average filing covers about 1,161 participants across 2,725 plans. Essentia Health Retirement Plan reports 15,491 participants - 13x that state average ($1.9B EOY assets).

Minnesota filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.6B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.9B
Net Income$334M
Employer EIN200360007
Plan Effective Date1965-12-22
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Essentia Health)

$1.6B$1.8B$2B$2.2B$2.4B 202220232024 $1.7B $2.28B ▲ +34.1%
Total plan assets by year, all Essentia Health plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 15,815 $1.7B
2023 2 16,711 $2.0B
2024 2 16,810 $2.3B

Nearby Profit Sharing Plans in Minnesota

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

Essentia Health Retirement Plan vs. nearby Profit Sharing plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants

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Essentia Health Retirement Plan vs. nearby Profit Sharing plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Essentia Health Retirement Plan

Essentia Health Retirement Plan reports $1.9B in end-of-year assets across 15,491 participants (0.017% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.017% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $125,687 per participant (92% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $334M.

This plan identity (EIN 200360007, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.6B to $2.2B (+35.7%) while covered participants moved from 14,444 to 15,695 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 14,444 $1.6B Open filing
2023 15,491 $1.9B This page
2024 · index core 15,695 $2.2B Open filing

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

Similar-Sized Profit Sharing Plans Nationally

Profit Sharing plans in other states closest to Essentia Health Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Essentia Health Retirement Plan assets move in 2023?
Essentia Health Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 20.7% during 2023, from $1.6B to $1.9B. Reported net income was $334M.
How have Essentia Health plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Essentia Health's sponsor-wide assets grew 34.2%, from $1.7B to $2.3B.
Where does Essentia Health Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Essentia Health Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 126,618 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Profit Sharing plans are similar in size to Essentia Health Retirement Plan?
Among Profit Sharing plans in other states, the closest by assets is Prisma Health Retirement Savings Plan in SC ($1.9B, 28,745 participants).

Filing takeaways

Ways to act on Essentia Health Retirement Plan's numbers.