Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Wellstar Health System, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$620M
Total assets Above avg plan size
12,371
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$50,109
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B · Sponsored by Wellstar Health System, Inc. · Georgia · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$620M in assets, 12,371 participants

Wellstar Health System, Inc.'s Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B reported $620M in total assets and 12,371 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #16,523 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)

Coverage in Georgia

Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B covers 12,371 participants in Georgia, 11x the typical Georgia plan (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $620M.

#16,523
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
+134.6%
assets growth YoY
6.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $47M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B's outsized position by total assets

Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$619,893,295 Top 2% higher than 98% of 123,620 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 2024

Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B is a mega filing (12,371 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B reported net income fell from $27M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$47M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B reported participants rose from 9,037 in the plan year 2023 filing to 12,371 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 581649541 · Wellstar Health System, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B · $620M · 12,371 · 98th

  • BOY $620M
  • BOY 12,371
  • BOY 98th
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near Retail, Wholesale & Department Store International Union and Industry Pension Fund
  • BOY ind #16523

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 Georgia →

Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B in the asset neighbourhood

Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Unions 502 & 633 PensPlumbers & Pipefitters Local…$623MWillis North America Inc. Pension PlanWillis North America Inc. Pe…$623MPamcah-Ua Local 675 Pension PlanPamcah-Ua Local 675 Pension …$622MWellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan BWellstar Health System, Inc.…$620MRetail, Wholesale & Department Store International Union and Industry Pension FundRetail, Wholesale & Departme…$619M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Georgia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$264M
Net Assets (End of Year)$620M
Net Income-$47M
Employer EIN581649541
Plan Effective Date2019-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wellstar Health System, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Wellstar Health System, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$5.0B 64.20101051727607% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2B$3B$4B$5B$6B 202220232024 $3.02B $4.95B ▲ +63.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 38,490 $3.0B
2023 3 36,943 $3.5B
2024 3 49,923 $5.0B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Georgia

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

Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B, Total assets ($B): 0.619893295 · Participants: 12371Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan BUPS Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.2364871 · Participants: 43465UPS Retirement PlanThe Southern Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.319238036 · Participants: 25843The Southern Company Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.219463258 · Participants: 69627UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.280234765 · Participants: 157587UPS Pension PlanDelta Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.253434311 · Participants: 15222Delta Retirement Plan
Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B

Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B reports $620M in end-of-year assets across 12,371 participants (0.005% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $50,109 per participant (36% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$47M.

This plan identity (EIN 581649541, plan #005) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $677M to $620M (-8.4%) while covered participants moved from 10,259 to 12,371 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 10,259 $677M Open filing
2023 9,037 N/A Open filing
2024 · index core 12,371 $620M This page

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Georgia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retail, Wholesale & Department Store International Union and Industry Pension Fund in AL ($619M); by covered participants it is Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters Pension Fund in PA (12,421 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,371 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B assets move in 2024? ▼
Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B surged - up 134.6% during 2024, from $264M to $620M. Reported net income was -$47M.
How have Wellstar Health System, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Wellstar Health System, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 64.2%, from $3.0B to $5.0B.
Where does Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retail, Wholesale & Department Store International Union and Industry Pension Fund in AL ($619M, 1,556 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Wellstar Health System, Inc. Active Employees Retirement Plan B? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters Pension Fund in PA (12,421 participants, $5.0B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 581649541.

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.