401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Penn State Health 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$2.9B
Total assets
15,556
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$188,067
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Penn State Health · Pennsylvania · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$2.9B in assets, 15,556 participants

Penn State Health's Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan reported $2.9B in total assets and 15,556 participants in its 2024 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 123,622 plans)
  • #16,846 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan covers 15,556 participants in Pennsylvania, 19x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $2.9B.

$2.9B
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
15,556
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
$188,067
avg assets per participant

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income fell from $429M in the plan year 2023 filing to $354M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.6B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.9B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 14,765 in the plan year 2023 filing to 15,556 in the plan year 2024 filing.

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Participants vs Pennsylvania filers

In Pennsylvania, the average filing covers about 822 participants across 5,751 plans. Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan reports 15,556 participants - 19x that state average ($2.9B EOY assets).

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.6B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.9B
Net Income$354M
Employer EIN473769205
Plan Effective Date2017-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Penn State Health)

$2B$2.5B$3B$3.5B$4B 202220232024 $2.52B $3.46B ▲ +37.3%
Total plan assets by year, all Penn State Health plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 33,697 $2.5B
2023 2 32,980 $3.0B
2024 2 34,333 $3.5B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants

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Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan

Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan reports $2.9B in end-of-year assets across 15,556 participants (0.024% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.017% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $188,067 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $354M.

This plan identity (EIN 473769205, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.1B to $2.9B (+36.5%) while covered participants moved from 16,910 to 15,556 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 16,910 $2.1B Open filing
2023 14,765 $2.6B Open filing
2024 · index core 15,556 $2.9B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

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Frequently Asked Questions

How did Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2024?
Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.7% during 2024, from $2.6B to $2.9B. Reported net income was $354M.
How have Penn State Health plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Penn State Health's sponsor-wide assets grew 37.5%, from $2.5B to $3.5B.
Where does Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Frontier Communications 401(k) Savings Plan in CT ($2.9B, 12,125 participants).

Filing takeaways

Ways to act on Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan's numbers.