Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Sharp Healthcare Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$687M
Total assets Above avg plan size
13,524
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$50,776
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sharpsaver Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Sharp Healthcare · California · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$687M in assets, 13,524 participants

Sharp Healthcare's Sharpsaver Retirement Plan reported $687M in total assets and 13,524 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #16,549 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)

Coverage in California

Sharpsaver Retirement Plan covers 13,524 participants in California, 21x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $687M.

#16,549
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
+1.2%
assets growth YoY
6.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Sharpsaver Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sharpsaver Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$686,690,111 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Sharpsaver Retirement 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. Sharpsaver Retirement Plan is a mega filing (13,524 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Sharpsaver Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $82M in the plan year 2023 filing to $8M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Sharpsaver Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $679M in the plan year 2023 filing to $687M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Sharpsaver Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 13,460 in the plan year 2023 filing to 13,524 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 956077327 · Sharp Healthcare PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Sharpsaver Retirement Plan · $687M · 13,524 · 98th

  • VS-ST $687M
  • VS-ST 13,524
  • VS-ST 98th
  • VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near Pension Plan of Independence Blue Cross
  • VS-ST ind #16549

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 →

Sharpsaver Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Ppg Industries, Inc. Retirement Plan FPpg Industries, Inc. Retirem…$689MBwxt Retirement Plan$688MPension Plan of Independence Blue CrossPension Plan of Independence…$687MSharpsaver Retirement Plan$687MIron Workers District Council of New England Pension FundIron Workers District Counci…$683M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sharpsaver Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$679M
Net Assets (End of Year)$684M
Net Income$8M
Employer EIN956077327
Plan Effective Date1981-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sharp Healthcare)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sharp Healthcare plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.8B 40.097286597057575% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.5B$2B$2.5B$3B 202220232024 $2.01B $2.82B ▲ +40.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 52,906 $2.0B
2023 3 51,649 $2.5B
2024 3 53,413 $2.8B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Sharpsaver Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Sharpsaver Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.686690111 · Participants: 13524Sharpsaver Retirement PlanKaiser Permanente Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 34.452234723 · Participants: 135057Kaiser Permanente Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.60716624 · Participants: 27500Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 11.441381434 · Participants: 18983Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc.Western States Carpenters Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.342334451 · Participants: 48582Western States Carpenters Pension PlanIlwu-Pma Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.798538721 · Participants: 15833Ilwu-Pma Pension Plan
Sharpsaver Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Sharpsaver Retirement Plan

Sharpsaver Retirement Plan reports $687M in end-of-year assets across 13,524 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.014% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $50,776 per participant (37% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $8M.

This plan identity (EIN 956077327, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $453M to $687M (+51.4%) while covered participants moved from 11,379 to 13,524 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 11,379 $453M Open filing
2023 13,460 $679M Open filing
2024 · index core 13,524 $687M This page

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Sharpsaver Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan of Independence Blue Cross in PA ($687M); by covered participants it is Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan in NC (13,576 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($687M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,524 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 Sharpsaver Retirement Plan assets move in 2024?
Sharpsaver Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 1.2% during 2024, from $679M to $687M. Reported net income was $8M.
How have Sharp Healthcare plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sharp Healthcare's sponsor-wide assets grew 40.1%, from $2.0B to $2.8B.
Where does Sharpsaver Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Sharpsaver Retirement Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Sharpsaver Retirement Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pension Plan of Independence Blue Cross in PA ($687M, 1,245 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sharpsaver Retirement Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan in NC (13,576 participants, $4.7B in assets).