Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Rush University Medical Center Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $916M
- Total assets
- 10,468
- Participants
- 98th
- Percentile by assets
- $87,488
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Rush Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Rush University Medical Center · Illinois · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$916M in assets, 10,468 participants
Rush University Medical Center's Rush Retirement Plan reported $916M in total assets and 10,468 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 127,072 plans)
- #17,453 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Rush Retirement Plan covers 10,468 participants in Illinois, 13x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $916M.
- $916M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 10,468
- covered participants
- 98th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $87,488
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Rush Retirement Plan reported participants rose from N/A in the plan year 2022 filing to 10,468 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Rush Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$114M in the plan year 2022 filing to $44M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Rush Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $872M in the plan year 2022 filing to $916M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Participants vs Illinois filers
In Illinois, the average filing covers about 779 participants across 5,745 plans. Rush Retirement Plan reports 10,468 participants - 13x that state average ($916M EOY assets).
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $872M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $916M |
| Net Income | $44M |
| Employer EIN | 362174823 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2015-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Rush University Medical Center)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 21,268 | $2.1B |
| 2023 | 2 | 23,443 | $2.4B |
| 2024 | 2 | 22,380 | $2.7B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Rush Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan $49.7B · 48,538
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees $35.2B · 45,001
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund $8.0B · 20,680
- John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees $8.0B · 16,346
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $7.8B · 17,382
Scale composition for Rush Retirement Plan
Rush Retirement Plan reports $916M in end-of-year assets across 10,468 participants (0.007% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $87,488 per participant (63% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $44M.
This plan identity (EIN 362174823, plan #006) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $872M to $879M (+0.8%) while covered participants moved from N/A to 8,788 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | N/A | $872M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 10,468 | $916M | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 8,788 | $879M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Rush University Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan (Other, $1.8B, 13,592 participants)
- Rush Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $879M, 8,788 participants)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Rush Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Meba Pension Trust-Defined Benefit Plan (MD) $916M · 2,367
- Land O'lakes, Inc. Employee Retirement Plan (MN) $916M · 1,341
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan (MI) $914M · 6,430
- Honeywell Retirement Earnings Plan for Aerospace Employees of Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC (NC) $918M · 907
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Rush Retirement Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Rush Retirement Plan 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 Illinois. Compare plans
- Rush University Medical Center's sponsor-wide assets have grown 28.3% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Healthcare & Social Assistance plans