Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

New York State United Teachers Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$466M
Total assets Above avg plan size
390
Participants Below avg headcount
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.2M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Nysut Employees Retirement Plan · Sponsored by New York State United Teachers · New York · Other Services

$466M in assets, 390 participants

New York State United Teachers's Nysut Employees Retirement Plan reported $466M in total assets and 390 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #7,807 in Other Services (7,857 peers)

Coverage in New York

Nysut Employees Retirement Plan covers 390 participants in New York, about 49% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $466M.

#7,807
in Other Services (7,857 peers)
+12.5%
assets growth YoY
4.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Nysut Employees Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Nysut Employees Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$465,556,279 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Nysut Employees Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Nysut Employees Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (390 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Nysut Employees Retirement Plan reported net income rose from $21M in the plan year 2022 filing to $52M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Nysut Employees Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $414M in the plan year 2022 filing to $466M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Nysut Employees Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 386 in the plan year 2022 filing to 390 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 141584772 · New York State United Teachers PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Nysut Employees Retirement Plan · $466M · 390 · 97th

  • TYPE $466M
  • TYPE 390
  • TYPE 97th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • TYPE near Indiana Electrical Workers Pension Plan
  • TYPE ind #7807

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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Nysut Employees Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Cash Balance PlanMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP …$468MAmerican United Life Insurance Company Employees Retirement Plan and TrustAmerican United Life Insuran…$468MIndiana Electrical Workers Pension PlanIndiana Electrical Workers P…$466MNysut Employees Retirement PlanNysut Employees Retirement P…$466MColumbia Bank Retirement Plan$465M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Nysut Employees Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$414M
Net Assets (End of Year)$465M
Net Income$52M
Employer EIN141584772
Plan Effective Date1974-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (New York State United Teachers)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All New York State United Teachers plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$778M 24.628114881208617% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$600M$650M$700M$750M$800M 202220232024 $625M $778M ▲ +24.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 796 $625M
2023 2 788 $704M
2024 2 790 $778M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Nysut Employees Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Nysut Employees Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.465556279 · Participants: 390Nysut Employees Retirement PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.955758896 · Participants: 14881IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.184377155 · Participants: 10779Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.16620463 · Participants: 1075821199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.955262618 · Participants: 9616Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.599669 · Participants: 12289Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I
Nysut Employees Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Nysut Employees Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Indiana Electrical Workers Pension Plan in IN ($466M); by covered participants it is Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 162 Pension Fund in OH (390 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (390 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 Nysut Employees Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Nysut Employees Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.5% during 2023, from $414M to $466M. Reported net income was $52M.
How have New York State United Teachers plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), New York State United Teachers's sponsor-wide assets grew 24.6%, from $625M to $778M.
Where does Nysut Employees Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Nysut Employees Retirement Plan ranks in the 97th 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 Nysut Employees Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Indiana Electrical Workers Pension Plan in IN ($466M, 2,120 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Nysut Employees Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 162 Pension Fund in OH (390 participants, $80M 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 141584772.

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.