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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Former state university employee Knell paid in $85K to pension fund, could collect $1.85M in retirement

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Former state university employee S. Knell, who retired in January 2016, saved $84,675 toward a pension over 30 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Knell would collect as much as $1.85 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Knell received $38,899 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Knell will have already received $120,233 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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