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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Former state university employee Mercer paid in $47K to pension fund, could collect $1.09M in retirement

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Former state university employee Deborah Mercer, who retired in January 2019, saved $46,566 toward a pension over 22 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Mercer would collect as much as $1.09 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.

The projection assumes Mercer received $22,812 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Mercer will have already received $70,509 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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