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Monday, November 25, 2024

Former state university employee Handy paid in $69K to pension fund, could collect $1.66M in retirement

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Former state university employee Thomas Handy, who retired in May 2017, saved $69,350 toward a pension over 30 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Handy would collect as much as $1.66 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.

The projection assumes Handy received $34,886 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Handy will have already received $70,819 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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