Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Washington University in St. Louis Retirement Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $7.5B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 26,975
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $277,428
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Washington University Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Washington University in St. Louis · Missouri · Educational Services
$7.5B in assets, 26,975 participants
Washington University in St. Louis's Washington University Retirement Savings Plan reported $7.5B in total assets and 26,975 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.
- #3,632 in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
Coverage in Missouri
Washington University Retirement Savings Plan covers 26,975 participants in Missouri, 37x the typical Missouri plan (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $7.5B.
- #3,632
- in Educational Services (3,638 peers)
- +11.0%
- assets growth YoY
- 75×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Washington University Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Washington University Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$7,483,617,782 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Washington University Retirement 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. Washington University Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (26,975 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Washington University Retirement Savings Plan reported net income fell from $864M in the plan year 2023 filing to $741M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Washington University Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $6.7B in the plan year 2023 filing to $7.5B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Washington University Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 25,521 in the plan year 2023 filing to 26,975 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 430653611 · Washington University in St. Louis PY 2024 · Other
Washington University Retirement Savings Plan · $7.5B · 26,975 · 100th
- 5500 $7.5B
- 5500 26,975
- 5500 100th
- 5500 Other
- 5500 near Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan
- 5500 ind #3632
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 Missouri →
Washington University Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Missouri filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $6.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $7.5B |
| Net Income | $741M |
| Employer EIN | 430653611 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1936-06-08 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Washington University in St. Louis)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Washington University in St. Louis plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $7.5B 27.338989062932356% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 15,925 | $5.9B |
| 2023 | 1 | 25,521 | $6.7B |
| 2024 | 1 | 26,975 | $7.5B |
Nearby Other Plans in Missouri
Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Children's Mercy Hospital Tax-Deferred Annuity Retirement Plan $1.1B · 9,184
- Cox Savings Incentive Plan $964M · 13,001
- Saint Louis University 403(b) Annuity Plan $962M · 4,219
- University Health 403(b) Plan $297M · 4,646
- University Health Physicians 403(b) Retirement Plan $254M · 371
Scale composition for Washington University Retirement Savings Plan
Washington University Retirement Savings Plan reports $7.5B in end-of-year assets across 26,975 participants (0.061% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.029% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $277,428 per participant (2.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $741M.
This plan identity (EIN 430653611, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $5.9B to $7.5B (+27.3%) while covered participants moved from 15,925 to 26,975 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15,925 | $5.9B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 25,521 | $6.7B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 26,975 | $7.5B | This page |
Washington University Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount
Outside Missouri, the nearest Other by assets is Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan in CA ($7.6B); by covered participants it is University Hospitals Health System 403(b) Matched Retirement Savings Plan in OH (27,009 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7.5B here).
- Sutter Health 403(b) Savings Plan (CA) $7.6B · 54,954
- The University of Pennsylvania Matching Plan (PA) $7.0B · 22,110
- University of Rochester Retirement Program (NY) $8.0B · 30,335
- Stanford Health Care Retirement Savings Plan (CA) $6.9B · 24,152
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (26,975 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- University Hospitals Health System 403(b) Matched Retirement Savings Plan (OH) 27,009 · 34 off
- Supplemental Retirement Annuity Plan of the University of Pennsylvania (PA) 26,892 · 83 off
- Baptist Health South Florida, Inc. 403(b) Employee Retirement Plan (FL) 26,141 · 834 off
- Wellstar Health System, Inc. Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan (GA) 26,097 · 878 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.