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Friday, May 23, 2025

Former state university employee Defalco paid in $24K to pension fund, could collect $1.54M in retirement

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Former state university employee Eugene Defalco, who retired in May 2016, saved $24,055 toward a pension over 7 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Defalco would collect as much as $1.54 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Defalco received $32,443 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Defalco will have already received $32,443 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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