Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $5.6B
- Total assets
- 40,879
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $137,843
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan · Sponsored by The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. · California · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$5.6B in assets, 40,879 participants
The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.'s Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan reported $5.6B in total assets and 40,879 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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- #15,586 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (15,613 peers)
Coverage in California
Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan covers 40,879 participants in California, 64x the typical California plan (state average ~637 per filing). Assets: $5.6B.
- $5.6B
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 40,879
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $137,843
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan reported net income fell from $217M in the plan year 2023 filing to $159M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan reported participants rose from 37,245 in the plan year 2023 filing to 40,879 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $5.5B in the plan year 2023 filing to $5.6B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Participants vs California filers
In California, the average filing covers about 637 participants across 14,392 plans. Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan reports 40,879 participants - 64x that state average ($5.6B EOY assets).
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $5.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $5.6B |
| Net Income | $159M |
| Employer EIN | 942728480 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1964-04-04 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 92,233 | $28.7B |
| 2023 | 6 | 96,363 | $32.1B |
| 2024 | 6 | 100,822 | $35.2B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $34.5B · 135,057
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $17.6B · 27,500
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $11.4B · 18,983
- Western States Carpenters Pension Plan $11.3B · 48,582
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $10.4B · 9,984
Scale composition for Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan
Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan reports $5.6B in end-of-year assets across 40,879 participants (0.048% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.046% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $137,843 per participant (1.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $159M.
This plan identity (EIN 942728480, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $5.1B to $5.6B (+9.6%) while covered participants moved from 36,089 to 40,879 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 36,089 | $5.1B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 37,245 | $5.5B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 40,879 | $5.6B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (Defined Benefit (Pension), $11.4B, 18,983 participants)
- The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Salary Deferral Plan (401(k), $9.9B, 21,688 participants)
- The Permanente Contribution Plan of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (Money Purchase, $7.9B, 18,550 participants)
- The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Salary Deferral Retirement Plan (401(k), $205M, 384 participants)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Ufcw Consolidated Pension Fund (GA) $5.6B · 184,887
- Triad Defined Benefit Pension Plan (NM) $5.6B · 2,018
- Verizon Pension Plan for Associates (NJ) $5.7B · 22,644
- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan (PA) $5.5B · 58,779
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Kaiser Permanente Employees Pension Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California. Compare plans
- The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 22.8% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Healthcare & Social Assistance plans