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Monday, November 17, 2025

Former state university employee Nagel paid in $10K to pension fund, could collect $257K in retirement

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Former state university employee Roberta Nagel, who retired in September 2016, saved $9,581 toward a pension over 10 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Nagel would collect as much as $257,461, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes North Cook News.

The projection assumes Nagel received $5,411 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Nagel will have already received $10,984 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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