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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Former state university employee Swaar paid in $2K to pension fund, could collect $80K in retirement

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Former state university employee Kathy Swaar, who retired in January 2018, saved $1,715 toward a pension over 6 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Swaar would collect as much as $80,446, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Swaar received $1,690 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Swaar will have already received $3,431 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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