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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Former state university employee Frederick paid in $83K to pension fund, could collect $1.27M in retirement

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Former state university employee William Frederick, who retired in June 2017, saved $83,024 toward a pension over 17 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Frederick would collect as much as $1.27 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Frederick received $26,679 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Frederick will have already received $111,613 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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