Analysis: Winfield pays $7.23 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Winfield Police Pension Fund

By DuPage Policy Journal

Aug 22, 2020

Taxpayers contributed 87.6 percent of the $1,031,153 the Winfield Police Pension Fund brought in 2018, or $7.23 for every $1 from pension members, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

In all, Winfield contributed $902,778 to the fund, which saw a $53,245 increase in revenue over 2017. Members contributed $124,788, or 12.1 percent, in 2018. Another $3,587 came from other unspecified sources.

Winfield Police Pension Fund revenue over 5 years

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Change 2014-2018
Municipality	$593,065	$601,426	$752,452	$854,358	$902,778	52.2%
Pension members	$135,785	$130,218	$119,810	$123,550	$124,788	-8.1%
Other Revenue	$0	$1	$0	$0	$3,587	-
Total	$728,850	$731,645	$872,262	$977,908	$1,031,153	41.5%