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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Former state university employee Alexander paid in $57K to pension fund, could collect $1.14M in retirement

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Former state university employee Deleatrice Alexander, who retired in September 2016, saved $56,977 toward a pension over 21 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Alexander would collect as much as $1.14 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Alexander received $23,896 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Alexander will have already received $73,860 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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