Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

New York University Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$5.4B
Total assets Very large vs avg
10,678
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$509,727
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration · Sponsored by New York University · New York · Educational Services

$5.4B in assets, 10,678 participants

New York University's New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration reported $5.4B in total assets and 10,678 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #3,627 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)

Coverage in New York

New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration covers 10,678 participants in New York, 13x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $5.4B.

#3,627
in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
+11.6%
assets growth YoY
55×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration's outsized position by total assets

New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration vs every filed plan by assets

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

$5,442,860,942 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration'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. New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration is a mega filing (10,678 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration reported net income fell from $653M in the plan year 2023 filing to $567M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration end-of-year assets rose from $4.9B in the plan year 2023 filing to $5.4B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration reported participants rose from 10,107 in the plan year 2023 filing to 10,678 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 135562308 · New York University PY 2024 · Other

New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration · $5.4B · 10,678 · 100th

  • NET $5.4B
  • BOOK 10,678
  • VS-ST 100th
  • BOY Other
  • SCH near Caltech Base Retirement Plan
  • EBSA ind #3627

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 Educational Services retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration in the asset neighbourhood

New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and AdministrationNew York University Retireme…$5.4BCaltech Base Retirement Plan$5.2BFca US LLC UAW Savings Plan$5.2BThe Mitre Corporation Tax Sheltered Annuity PlanThe Mitre Corporation Tax Sh…$5.1BFca US LLC Salaried Employees' Savings PlanFca US LLC Salaried Employee…$5.1B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4.9B
Net Assets (End of Year)$5.4B
Net Income$567M
Employer EIN135562308
Plan Effective Date1952-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (New York University)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All New York University plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$12.7B 30.815585757867964% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$9B$10B$11B$12B$13B$14B 202220232024 $9.74B $12.7B ▲ +30.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 7 34,505 $9.7B
2023 8 55,791 $11.4B
2024 7 48,031 $12.7B

Nearby Other Plans in New York

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration vs. nearby Other plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 01000020000300004000050000 4681012 Total assets ($B) Participants New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration, Total assets ($B): 5.442860942 · Participants: 10678New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and AdministrationNorthwell Health 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.919546292 · Participants: 44511Northwell Health 403(b) PlanThe Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.49390479 · Participants: 46826The Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement PlanUniversity of Rochester Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 8.002376506 · Participants: 30335University of Rochester Retirement ProgramMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.449166101 · Participants: 22606Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings PlanRetirement Plan for Officers of Columbia University, Total assets ($B): 5.643469898 · Participants: 14399Retirement Plan for Officers of Columbia University
New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration vs. nearby Other plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration

New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration reports $5.4B in end-of-year assets across 10,678 participants (0.044% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $509,727 per participant (3.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $567M.

This plan identity (EIN 135562308, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $4.2B to $5.4B (+28.9%) while covered participants moved from 8,299 to 10,678 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 8,299 $4.2B Open filing
2023 10,107 $4.9B Open filing
2024 · index core 10,678 $5.4B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Other by assets is Caltech Base Retirement Plan in CA ($5.2B); by covered participants it is Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. 403(b) Plan in WI (10,695 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($5.4B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,678 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 New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration assets move in 2024?
New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration grew at a solid clip - up 11.6% during 2024, from $4.9B to $5.4B. Reported net income was $567M.
How have New York University plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), New York University's sponsor-wide assets grew 30.8%, from $9.7B to $12.7B.
Where does New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration ranks in the 100th 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 Other plans are similar in size to New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Caltech Base Retirement Plan in CA ($5.2B, 10,970 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. 403(b) Plan in WI (10,695 participants, $30M in assets).