Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Tower Health Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
11,699
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$96,703
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Tower Health 403(b) Plan · Sponsored by Tower Health · Pennsylvania · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$1.1B in assets, 11,699 participants

Tower Health's Tower Health 403(b) Plan reported $1.1B in total assets and 11,699 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.

  • #16,704 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Tower Health 403(b) Plan covers 11,699 participants in Pennsylvania, 14x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $1.1B.

#16,704
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
+17.0%
assets growth YoY
11×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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

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

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

$1,131,327,958 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Tower Health 403(b) 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. Tower Health 403(b) Plan is a mega filing (11,699 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Tower Health 403(b) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $967M in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Tower Health 403(b) Plan reported net income fell from $179M in the plan year 2023 filing to $165M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Tower Health 403(b) Plan reported participants rose from 11,344 in the plan year 2023 filing to 11,699 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 232201344 · Tower Health PY 2024 · Other

Tower Health 403(b) Plan · $1.1B · 11,699 · 99th

  • PHOTO $1.1B
  • PHOTO 11,699
  • PHOTO 99th
  • PHOTO Other
  • PHOTO near Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Retirement Savings Plan
  • PHOTO ind #16704

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 Pennsylvania →

Tower Health 403(b) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Southcoast Health System Partnership PlanSouthcoast Health System Par…$1.1BSt. Lukes Health System Matched 403b PlanSt. Lukes Health System Matc…$1.1BTower Health 403(b) Plan$1.1BAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Retirement Savings PlanAnn & Robert H. Lurie Childr…$1.1BChildren's Mercy Hospital Tax-Deferred Annuity Retirement PlanChildren's Mercy Hospital Ta…$1.1B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Tower Health 403(b) Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$967M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.1B
Net Income$165M
Employer EIN232201344
Plan Effective Date1997-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Tower Health)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Tower Health plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.1B 43.64676217076761% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.6B$0.8B$1B$1.2B 202220232024 $0.79B $1.13B ▲ +43.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 12,324 $788M
2023 1 11,344 $967M
2024 1 11,699 $1.1B

Nearby Other Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Tower Health 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000 02468 Total assets ($B) Participants Tower Health 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.131327958 · Participants: 11699Tower Health 403(b) PlanThe University of Pennsylvania Matching Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.986767736 · Participants: 22110The University of Pennsylvania Matching PlanUpmc 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.728641608 · Participants: 78872Upmc 403(b) Retirement Savings PlanThe University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.552304662 · Participants: 43405The University of Pennsylvania Health System 403(b) Retirement Savings PlanCarnegie Mellon University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.817739782 · Participants: 6772Carnegie Mellon University Faculty and Staff Retirement PlanJefferson Defined Contribution Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.792479411 · Participants: 17497Jefferson Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
Tower Health 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Tower Health 403(b) Plan

Tower Health 403(b) Plan reports $1.1B in end-of-year assets across 11,699 participants (0.009% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.012% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $96,703 per participant (70% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $165M.

This plan identity (EIN 232201344, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $788M to $1.1B (+43.6%) while covered participants moved from 12,324 to 11,699 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 12,324 $788M Open filing
2023 11,344 $967M Open filing
2024 · index core 11,699 $1.1B This page

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

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Other by assets is Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Retirement Savings Plan in IL ($1.1B); by covered participants it is Board of Electrical Workers Local #26 I.a. Individual Account Plan in MD (11,691 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11,699 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 Tower Health 403(b) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Tower Health 403(b) Plan grew sharply - up 17.0% during 2024, from $967M to $1.1B. Reported net income was $165M.
How have Tower Health plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Tower Health's sponsor-wide assets grew 43.6%, from $788M to $1.1B.
Where does Tower Health 403(b) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Tower Health 403(b) 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 Other plans are similar in size to Tower Health 403(b) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Retirement Savings Plan in IL ($1.1B, 7,171 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Tower Health 403(b) Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Board of Electrical Workers Local #26 I.a. Individual Account Plan in MD (11,691 participants, $1.3B in assets).