Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Sutter Health Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7.6B
Total assets Very large vs avg
54,954
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$138,887
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Sutter Health · California · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$7.6B in assets, 54,954 participants

Sutter Health's Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan reported $7.6B in total assets and 54,954 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.

  • #16,895 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)

Coverage in California

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan covers 54,954 participants in California, 87x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $7.6B.

#16,895
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
+16.8%
assets growth YoY
77×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$7,632,419,022 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

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan'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. Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan is a mega filing (54,954 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $6.5B in the plan year 2023 filing to $7.6B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan reported net income fell from $1.2B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 50,273 in the plan year 2023 filing to 54,954 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 942788907 · Sutter Health PY 2024 · Other

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan · $7.6B · 54,954 · 100th

  • ASSETS $7.6B
  • ASSETS 54,954
  • ASSETS 100th
  • ASSETS Other
  • ASSETS near Washington University Retirement Savings Plan
  • ASSETS ind #16895

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 California →

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Yale University Retirement Account PlanYale University Retirement A…$8.3BUniversity of Rochester Retirement ProgramUniversity of Rochester Reti…$8.0BSutter Health 403(b) Savings PlanSutter Health 403(b) Savings…$7.6BWashington University Retirement Savings PlanWashington University Retire…$7.5BThe University of Pennsylvania Matching PlanThe University of Pennsylvan…$7.0B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$6.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$7.6B
Net Income$1.1B
Employer EIN942788907
Plan Effective Date2008-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sutter Health)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sutter Health plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$15.1B 24.368392769155733% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$11B$12B$13B$14B$15B$16B 202220232024 $12.1B $15.1B ▲ +24.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 6 97,740 $12.1B
2023 6 100,618 $13.6B
2024 6 108,498 $15.1B

Nearby Other Plans in California

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

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000400005000060000 051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.632419022 · Participants: 54954Sutter Health 403(b) Savings PlanStanford Contributory Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.568126014 · Participants: 22753Stanford Contributory Retirement PlanStanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.931286515 · Participants: 24152Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings PlanCaltech Base Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.246676378 · Participants: 10970Caltech Base Retirement PlanUniversity of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.81831751 · Participants: 20886University of Southern California Tax-Deferred Annuity PlanCedars-Sinai 403b Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.614347784 · Participants: 11878Cedars-Sinai 403b Retirement Plan
Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in California, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan reports $7.6B in end-of-year assets across 54,954 participants (0.062% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.059% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $138,887 per participant (1.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $1.1B.

This plan identity (EIN 942788907, plan #337) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $5.3B to $7.6B (+43.5%) while covered participants moved from 48,591 to 54,954 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 48,591 $5.3B Open filing
2023 50,273 $6.5B Open filing
2024 · index core 54,954 $7.6B This page

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

Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Other by assets is Washington University Retirement Savings Plan in MO ($7.5B); by covered participants it is The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan in NC (48,377 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7.6B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (54,954 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 Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan assets move in 2024?
Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan grew sharply - up 16.8% during 2024, from $6.5B to $7.6B. Reported net income was $1.1B.
How have Sutter Health plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sutter Health's sponsor-wide assets grew 24.4%, from $12.1B to $15.1B.
Where does Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan 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 Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Washington University Retirement Savings Plan in MO ($7.5B, 26,975 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan in NC (48,377 participants, $11.0B in assets).