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Saturday, August 2, 2025

Former state university employee Bensyl paid in $105K to pension fund, could collect $2.9M in retirement

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Former state university employee Roger Bensyl, who retired in June 2018, saved $105,123 toward a pension over 35 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Bensyl would collect as much as $2.9 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Bensyl received $60,922 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Bensyl will have already received $123,672 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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