Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Northwell Health, Inc. Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$10.9B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
44,511
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$245,322
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Northwell Health 403(b) Plan · Sponsored by Northwell Health, Inc. · New York · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$10.9B in assets, 44,511 participants

Northwell Health, Inc.'s Northwell Health 403(b) Plan reported $10.9B in total assets and 44,511 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.

  • #16,906 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)

Coverage in New York

Northwell Health 403(b) Plan covers 44,511 participants in New York, 56x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $10.9B.

#16,906
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
+10.4%
assets growth YoY
110×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Northwell Health 403(b) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Northwell Health 403(b) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$10,919,546,292 Highest reported value at or above every one 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 403(b) 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 403(b) Plan is a mega filing (44,511 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Northwell Health 403(b) Plan reported net income fell from $1.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.0B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Northwell Health 403(b) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $9.9B in the plan year 2023 filing to $10.9B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Northwell Health 403(b) Plan reported participants fell from 48,676 in the plan year 2023 filing to 44,511 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 113418133 · Northwell Health, Inc. PY 2024 · Other

Northwell Health 403(b) Plan · $10.9B · 44,511 · 100th

  • PHOTO $10.9B
  • PHOTO 44,511
  • PHOTO 100th
  • PHOTO Other
  • PHOTO near The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan
  • PHOTO ind #16906

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 403(b) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Mayo 403(b) Plan$12.8BStanford Contributory Retirement PlanStanford Contributory Retire…$12.6BThe Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement PlanThe Duke University Faculty …$11.0BNorthwell Health 403(b) Plan$10.9BCleveland Clinic Savings and Investment PlanCleveland Clinic Savings and…$9.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Northwell Health 403(b) Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$9.9B
Net Assets (End of Year)$10.9B
Net Income$1.0B
Employer EIN113418133
Plan Effective Date1976-01-01
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 Other Plans in New York

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Northwell Health 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 01000020000300004000050000 4681012 Total assets ($B) Participants Northwell Health 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.919546292 · Participants: 44511Northwell Health 403(b) PlanThe Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.49390479 · Participants: 46826The Mount Sinai Medical Center 403(b) Retirement PlanUniversity of Rochester Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 8.002376506 · Participants: 30335University of Rochester Retirement ProgramMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.449166101 · Participants: 22606Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Retirement Savings PlanRetirement Plan for Officers of Columbia University, Total assets ($B): 5.643469898 · Participants: 14399Retirement Plan for Officers of Columbia UniversityNew York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration, Total assets ($B): 5.442860942 · Participants: 10678New York University Retirement Plan for Members of the Faculty, Professional Research Staff and Administration
Northwell Health 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Northwell Health 403(b) Plan

Northwell Health 403(b) Plan reports $10.9B in end-of-year assets across 44,511 participants (0.089% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.047% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $245,322 per participant (1.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $1.0B.

This plan identity (EIN 113418133, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $8.3B to $10.9B (+31.3%) while covered participants moved from 47,348 to 44,511 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 47,348 $8.3B Open filing
2023 48,676 $9.9B Open filing
2024 · index core 44,511 $10.9B This page

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

Northwell Health 403(b) Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Other by assets is The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan in NC ($11.0B); by covered participants it is Fca US LLC UAW Savings Plan in MI (44,591 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($10.9B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (44,511 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 403(b) Plan assets move in 2024?
Northwell Health 403(b) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.4% during 2024, from $9.9B to $10.9B. Reported net income was $1.0B.
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 403(b) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Northwell Health 403(b) Plan ranks in the 100th 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 Other plans are similar in size to Northwell Health 403(b) Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan in NC ($11.0B, 48,377 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Northwell Health 403(b) Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Fca US LLC UAW Savings Plan in MI (44,591 participants, $5.2B in assets).