Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Bjc Health System Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.7B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 20,653
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $131,617
- Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Bjc Pension Plan · Sponsored by Bjc Health System · Missouri · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$2.7B in assets, 20,653 participants
Bjc Health System's Bjc Pension Plan reported $2.7B in total assets and 20,653 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.
- #16,835 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
Coverage in Missouri
Bjc Pension Plan covers 20,653 participants in Missouri, 28x the typical Missouri plan (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $2.7B.
- #16,835
- in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
- -4.2%
- assets change YoY
- 27×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $91M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Bjc Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Bjc Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$2,718,294,881 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Bjc Pension 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. Bjc Pension Plan is a mega filing (20,653 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Bjc Pension Plan reported net income fell from $47M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$91M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Bjc Pension Plan reported participants rose from 19,553 in the plan year 2023 filing to 20,653 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Bjc Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $2.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.7B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 431617558 · Bjc Health System PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Bjc Pension Plan · $2.7B · 20,653 · 99th
- EOY $2.7B
- 5500 20,653
- ASSETS 99th
- PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EIN near American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program
- RANK ind #16835
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 Missouri →
Bjc Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Missouri filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.6B |
| Net Income | -$91M |
| Employer EIN | 431617558 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1997-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bjc Health System)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Bjc Health System plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $5.5B 13.817999015882993% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 52,921 | $4.8B |
| 2023 | 3 | 54,512 | $5.3B |
| 2024 | 3 | 57,977 | $5.5B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Missouri
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust $7.5B · 28,958
- Ameren Retirement Plan $4.8B · 9,760
- Co-Op Retirement Plan $3.5B · 15,151
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis $3.4B · 11,832
- Emerson Electric Company Retirement Plan $3.3B · 2,467
Scale composition for Bjc Pension Plan
Bjc Pension Plan reports $2.7B in end-of-year assets across 20,653 participants (0.022% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.022% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $131,617 per participant (95% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$91M.
This plan identity (EIN 431617558, plan #333) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.8B to $2.7B (-1.5%) while covered participants moved from 19,132 to 20,653 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19,132 | $2.8B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 19,553 | $2.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 20,653 | $2.7B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Bjc 401(k) Plan (401(k), $2.3B, 32,042 participants)
- Bjc 403(b) Plan (401(k), $481M, 5,282 participants)
Bjc Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Missouri, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program in TX ($2.7B); by covered participants it is Kpmg Pension Plan in NJ (20,564 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.7B here).
- American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Program (TX) $2.7B · 4,746
- Paccar Inc Retirement Plan (WA) $2.7B · 10,345
- Laborers District Council & Contractors Pension Fund of Ohio (OH) $2.7B · 14,573
- Sound Retirement Trust (WA) $2.7B · 75,402
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (20,653 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Kpmg Pension Plan (NJ) 20,564 · 89 off
- New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan (NY) 20,564 · 89 off
- Retirement Plan of International Paper Company (TN) 20,795 · 142 off
- Northside Hospital, Inc. Pension Plan (GA) 20,425 · 228 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.