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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Former state university employee Paul paid in $96K to pension fund, could collect $1.85M in retirement

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Former state university employee John Paul, who retired in January 2018, saved $96,188 toward a pension over 21 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Paul would collect as much as $1.85 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Paul received $38,883 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Paul will have already received $120,182 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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