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Monday, December 23, 2024

Former state university employee Matthews paid in $103K to pension fund, could collect $2.13M in retirement

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Former state university employee Joseph Matthews, who retired in July 2017, saved $102,930 toward a pension over 30 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Matthews would collect as much as $2.13 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.

The projection assumes Matthews received $44,674 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Matthews will have already received $138,082 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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