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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Former state university employee Benedict paid in $161K to pension fund, could collect $2.69M in retirement

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Former state university employee William Benedict, who retired in September 2018, saved $161,421 toward a pension over 25 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Benedict would collect as much as $2.69 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Benedict received $56,624 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Benedict will have already received $175,020 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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