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Friday, October 3, 2025

Former state university employee Cox paid in $3K to pension fund, could collect $331K in retirement

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Former state university employee Donna Cox, who retired in June 2016, saved $3,094 toward a pension over 3 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Cox would collect as much as $330,925, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Cox received $6,955 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Cox will have already received $6,955 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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