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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Former state university employee Housinger paid in $9K to pension fund, could collect $225K in retirement

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Former state university employee Margaret Housinger, who retired in January 2016, saved $9,169 toward a pension over 18 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Housinger would collect as much as $225,404, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.

The projection assumes Housinger received $4,737 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Housinger will have already received $9,616 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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