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Monday, November 17, 2025

Former state university employee Hajost paid in $10K to pension fund, could collect $116K in retirement

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Former state university employee Edward Hajost, who retired in April 2017, saved $10,132 toward a pension over 8 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Hajost would collect as much as $115,825, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes North Cook News.

The projection assumes Hajost received $2,434 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Hajost will have already received $10,182 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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