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Sunday, September 29, 2024

Former state university employee Shalen paid in $18K to pension fund, could collect $1.44M in retirement

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Former state university employee Catherine Shalen, who retired in December 2016, saved $17,925 toward a pension over 5 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Shalen would collect as much as $1.44 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Shalen received $30,202 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Shalen will have already received $30,202 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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