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Dupage Policy Journal

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Former state university employee Cady paid in $22K to pension fund, could collect $383K in retirement

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Former state university employee Libby Cady, who retired in June 2016, saved $21,916 toward a pension over 15 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Cady would collect as much as $383,071, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.

The projection assumes Cady received $8,051 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Cady will have already received $24,886 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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