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Monday, July 7, 2025

Former state university employee Henk paid in $26K to pension fund, could collect $1.32M in retirement

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Former state university employee Sharon Henk, who retired in May 2016, saved $25,796 toward a pension over 12 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Henk would collect as much as $1.32 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Henk received $27,694 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Henk will have already received $27,694 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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