Quantcast

Chicago City Wire

Friday, May 23, 2025

Former state university employee Ward paid in $30K to pension fund, could collect $1.49M in retirement

Money 06

Former state university employee Margaret Ward, who retired in June 2016, saved $29,910 toward a pension over 9 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Ward would collect as much as $1.49 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Ward received $31,362 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Ward will have already received $31,362 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

MORE NEWS