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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Former state university employee Battle paid in $77K to pension fund, could collect $1.44M in retirement

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Former state university employee Claudette Battle, who retired in November 2018, saved $77,480 toward a pension over 29 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Battle 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 Battle received $30,192 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Battle will have already received $93,321 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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