Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Salk Institute for Biological Studies Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $311M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 864
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 96th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $360,049
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Salk Institute Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Salk Institute for Biological Studies · California · Professional & Technical Services
$311M in assets, 864 participants
Salk Institute for Biological Studies's The Salk Institute Retirement Plan reported $311M in total assets and 864 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.
- #19,560 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
Where The Salk Institute Retirement Plan sits by assets
The Salk Institute Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $311M for 864 participants (~$360,049/participant), up 4.0% in 2024.
- #19,560
- in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
- +4.0%
- assets growth YoY
- 3.1×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The Salk Institute Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Salk Institute Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$311,082,336 Top 4% higher than 96% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
The Salk Institute Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Salk Institute Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (864 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- The Salk Institute Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $36M in the plan year 2023 filing to $12M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Salk Institute Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $299M in the plan year 2023 filing to $311M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Salk Institute Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 876 in the plan year 2023 filing to 864 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 952160097 · Salk Institute for Biological Studies PY 2024 · Other
The Salk Institute Retirement Plan · $311M · 864 · 96th
- IND $311M
- EOY 864
- 5500 96th
- ASSETS Other
- PCT near Denison University Retirement Plan
- EIN ind #19560
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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in California →
The Salk Institute Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $299M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $311M |
| Net Income | $12M |
| Employer EIN | 952160097 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1964-06-11 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Salk Institute for Biological Studies)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Salk Institute for Biological Studies plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $311M 18.020546248540732% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 880 | $264M |
| 2023 | 1 | 876 | $299M |
| 2024 | 1 | 864 | $311M |
Nearby Other Plans in California
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Stanford Contributory Retirement Plan $12.6B · 22,753
- Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan $7.6B · 54,954
- Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan $6.9B · 24,152
- Caltech Base Retirement Plan $5.2B · 10,970
- University of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan $4.8B · 20,886
The Salk Institute Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Other by assets is Denison University Retirement Plan in OH ($310M); by covered participants it is Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey, Inc. 403(b) Plan in NY (864 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($311M here).
- Denison University Retirement Plan (OH) $310M · 1,126
- Middlebury College Voluntary Retirement Plan (VT) $312M · 1,028
- The University of Chicago Medical Center Contributory Retirement Plan (IL) $310M · 1,585
- Operating Engineers Local 428 Annuity Trust Fund (AZ) $313M · 7,789
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (864 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey, Inc. 403(b) Plan (NY) 864 · 0 off
- Family Counseling Center Inc. 403b Plan (MO) 865 · 1 off
- Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation 403(b) Retirement Plan (AK) 865 · 1 off
- Mcdaniel College Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (MD) 865 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.