Analysis: Naperville pays $4.90 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Naperville Firefighters Pension Fund

By DuPage Policy Journal

Jul 31, 2020

Taxpayers contributed 83.1 percent of the $10,840,003 the Naperville Firefighters Pension Fund brought in 2018, or $4.90 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, Naperville contributed $9,004,224 to the fund, which saw a $1,663,016 increase in revenue over 2017. Members contributed $1,835,003, or 16.9 percent, in 2018. Another $776 came from other unspecified sources.

Naperville Firefighters Pension Fund revenue over 5 years

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Change 2014-2018
Municipality	$7,929,771	$5,355,723	$6,415,496	$7,338,200	$9,004,224	13.5%
Pension members	$1,759,554	$1,181,158	$1,756,451	$1,836,878	$1,835,003	4.3%
Other Revenue	$2,243	$0	$4,579	$1,909	$776	-65.4%
Total	$9,691,568	$6,536,881	$8,176,526	$9,176,987	$10,840,003	11.8%