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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Former state university employee Duiker paid in $19K to pension fund, could collect $493K in retirement

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Former state university employee Sarah Duiker, who retired in December 2018, saved $19,106 toward a pension over 19 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Duiker would collect as much as $492,691, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Duiker received $10,356 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Duiker will have already received $21,023 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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