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Carbondale Reporter

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Analysis: Murphysboro pays $6.09 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Murphysboro Firefighters Pension Fund

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Taxpayers contributed 85.9 percent of the $370,849 the Murphysboro Firefighters Pension Fund brought in last year, or $6.09 for every $1 from pension members, according to a Carbondale Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

In all, Murphysboro contributed $318,579 to the fund, which saw a $29,593 decrease in revenue over 2015. Members contributed $52,269, or 14.1 percent, in 2016. Another $1 came from other unspecified sources.

Murphysboro Firefighters Pension Fund revenue over 5 years
20122013201420152016Change 2012-2016
Municipality$306,253$281,681$273,766$299,945$318,5794%
Pension members$46,086$47,296$52,124$100,497$52,26913.4%
Other Revenue$0$0$3,999$0$1-
Total$352,339$328,977$329,889$400,442$370,8495.3%

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