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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Former state university employee Willard paid in $56K to pension fund, could collect $1.48M in retirement

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Former state university employee Steven Willard, who retired in September 2018, saved $55,862 toward a pension over 25 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Willard would collect as much as $1.48 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Willard received $31,020 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Willard will have already received $62,971 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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