401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Northwell Health, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.9B
Total assets Very large vs avg
36,562
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$50,616
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Northwell Health 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Northwell Health, Inc. · New York · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$1.9B in assets, 36,562 participants

Northwell Health, Inc.'s Northwell Health 401(k) Plan reported $1.9B in total assets and 36,562 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.

  • #16,799 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)

Coverage in New York

Northwell Health 401(k) Plan covers 36,562 participants in New York, 46x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $1.9B.

#16,799
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
+50.1%
assets growth YoY
19×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Northwell Health 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Northwell Health 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,850,622,321 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

Northwell Health 401(k) 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. Northwell Health 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (36,562 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Northwell Health 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.2B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.9B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Northwell Health 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from $509M in the plan year 2023 filing to $618M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Northwell Health 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 45,191 in the plan year 2023 filing to 36,562 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 113418133 · Northwell Health, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Northwell Health 401(k) Plan · $1.9B · 36,562 · 99th

  • SCH $1.9B
  • SCH 36,562
  • SCH 99th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • SCH near Mclaren Employees' 403(b) Retirement Plan
  • SCH ind #16799

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 New York →

Northwell Health 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Mclaren Employees' 403(b) Retirement PlanMclaren Employees' 403(b) Re…$1.9BDover Corporation Retirement Savings PlanDover Corporation Retirement…$1.9BSantander 401(k) Plan$1.9BNorthwell Health 401(k) Plan$1.9BEnbridge Employee Services, Inc. Employees' Savings PlanEnbridge Employee Services, …$1.8B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Northwell Health 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.9B
Net Income$618M
Employer EIN113418133
Plan Effective Date1994-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Northwell Health, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Northwell Health, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$15.6B 35.16717418173857% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10B$12B$14B$16B$18B 202220232024 $11.6B $15.6B ▲ +35.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 106,497 $11.5B
2023 3 122,226 $13.9B
2024 3 108,023 $15.6B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Northwell Health 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Northwell Health 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.850622321 · Participants: 36562Northwell Health 401(k) PlanIBM 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 60.39355615 · Participants: 52674IBM 401(k) PlanMorgan Stanley 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.180692974 · Participants: 53860Morgan Stanley 401(k) PlanPfizer Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.9871528 · Participants: 33309Pfizer Savings PlanThe Pepsico Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.9369507 · Participants: 137398The Pepsico Savings PlanThe Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.807939404 · Participants: 23227The Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan
Northwell Health 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Northwell Health 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Northwell Health 401(k) Plan

Northwell Health 401(k) Plan reports $1.9B in end-of-year assets across 36,562 participants (0.015% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.039% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $50,616 per participant (37% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $618M.

This plan identity (EIN 113418133, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $723M to $1.9B (+155.9%) while covered participants moved from 26,650 to 36,562 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 26,650 $723M Open filing
2023 45,191 $1.2B Open filing
2024 · index core 36,562 $1.9B This page

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

Northwell Health 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Mclaren Employees' 403(b) Retirement Plan in MI ($1.9B); by covered participants it is Supply Chain Retirement Savings Plan in OH (36,474 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.9B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (36,562 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 Northwell Health 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Northwell Health 401(k) Plan surged - up 50.1% during 2024, from $1.2B to $1.9B. Reported net income was $618M.
How have Northwell Health, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Northwell Health, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 35.2%, from $11.5B to $15.6B.
Where does Northwell Health 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Northwell Health 401(k) 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 401(k) plans are similar in size to Northwell Health 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Mclaren Employees' 403(b) Retirement Plan in MI ($1.9B, 18,007 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Northwell Health 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Supply Chain Retirement Savings Plan in OH (36,474 participants, $1.2B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 113418133.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.