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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Former state university employee Nelis paid in $54K to pension fund, could collect $1.05M in retirement

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Former state university employee Tia Nelis, who retired in November 2018, saved $54,253 toward a pension over 25 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Nelis would collect as much as $1.05 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Nelis received $22,056 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Nelis will have already received $68,174 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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