Quantcast

Chambana Sun

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Former state university employee Sears paid in $80K to pension fund, could collect $1.74M in retirement

Money 07

Former state university employee Dennis Sears, who retired in May 2016, saved $79,600 toward a pension over 30 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Sears would collect as much as $1.74 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.

The projection assumes Sears received $36,606 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Sears will have already received $113,145 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

MORE NEWS