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Saturday, May 17, 2025

Former state university employee Ulmer paid in $101K to pension fund, could collect $2.37M in retirement

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Former state university employee Michael Ulmer, who retired in January 2016, saved $100,873 toward a pension over 28 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Ulmer would collect as much as $2.37 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Ulmer received $49,791 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Ulmer will have already received $101,076 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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