By the Numbers
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759,895 (Number of Illinoisans who are members of the State’s five pension systems.)
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$95 billion (Illinois’ current unfunded pension liability.)
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40 percent (Funding level of Illinois pension systems, compared to the national average of 75 percent.)
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$5.2 billion (Illinois’ 2012 pension payment, triple that of 2008.)
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$17.1 million (Amount our long-term pension shortfall increases EACH DAY without pension reform.)
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2016 (Estimated year in which Illinois will spend more on pensions than on schools.)
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60 cents of each dollar (Amount of pension benefits paid to retirees which comes from investment earnings.)
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30 percent (Loss suffered by Illinois pension systems’ assets due to the Great Recession.)
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44 (Number of states which have enacted long-term pension funding plans since 2009.)
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$10 billion (Estimated amount of the 2025 Illinois Budget that will be consumed by pension payments.)
