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Sunday, May 25, 2025

Former state university employee Henaghan paid in $34K to pension fund, could collect $564K in retirement

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Former state university employee Ellen Henaghan, who retired in August 2017, saved $34,363 toward a pension over 7 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Henaghan would collect as much as $563,814, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Henaghan received $11,850 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Henaghan will have already received $36,628 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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