Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Rush University Medical Center Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$916M
Total assets Above avg plan size
10,468
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$87,488
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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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.

  • #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.

#17,453
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
+5.0%
assets growth YoY
9.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Rush Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Rush Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$915,826,182 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Rush 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. Rush Retirement Plan is a mega filing (10,468 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

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.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 362174823 · Rush University Medical Center PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Rush Retirement Plan · $916M · 10,468 · 98th

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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 Illinois →

Rush Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Rush Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$872M
Net Assets (End of Year)$916M
Net Income$44M
Employer EIN362174823
Plan Effective Date2015-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Rush University Medical Center)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Rush University Medical Center plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.7B 28.34006621747433% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2B$2.2B$2.4B$2.6B$2.8B 202220232024 $2.09B $2.69B ▲ +28.7%
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 Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000400005000060000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Rush Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.915826182 · Participants: 10468Rush Retirement PlanCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 49.680270595 · Participants: 48538Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 35.242945747 · Participants: 45001State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.965094339 · Participants: 20680United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension FundJohn Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.960744597 · Participants: 16346John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.819798504 · Participants: 17382Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
Rush Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Rush Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Meba Pension Trust-Defined Benefit Plan in MD ($916M); by covered participants it is Producer-Writers Guild of America Pension Plan in CA (10,450 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,468 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 Rush Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Rush Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.0% during 2023, from $872M to $916M. Reported net income was $44M.
How have Rush University Medical Center plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Rush University Medical Center's sponsor-wide assets grew 28.3%, from $2.1B to $2.7B.
Where does Rush Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Rush Retirement Plan ranks in the 98th 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 Rush Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Meba Pension Trust-Defined Benefit Plan in MD ($916M, 2,367 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Rush Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Producer-Writers Guild of America Pension Plan in CA (10,450 participants, $4.5B 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 362174823.

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.