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Lake County Gazette

Monday, November 25, 2024

Former state school employee Matthews paid in $10K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $581K in retirement

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Former state school employee Mary Matthews, who retired in March 2017, saved $9,894 toward a pension over 7 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Matthews would collect as much as $581,352, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.

The projection assumes Matthews received $12,219 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Matthews will have already received $12,219 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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