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Friday, April 18, 2025

Former state university employee Eberly paid in $37K to pension fund, could collect $728K in retirement

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Former state university employee Kathleen Eberly, who retired in January 2016, saved $37,393 toward a pension over 21 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Eberly would collect as much as $728,383, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.

The projection assumes Eberly received $15,310 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Eberly will have already received $47,321 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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