Over 18 Percent of Retirees from District 214 Receive $100,000 Pension

Compared to the rest of the state, a higher percentage of retired Arlington Heights educators are receiving six-figure pension payments, according to a Daily Herald article.

Last year, 177 retired educators—or 18.4 percent of total retirees— in Northwest High School District 214 received a pension over $100,000 per year and the average pension payment was $75,825, according to the Daily Herald. In Arlington Heights Elementary District 25, 13 retired educators received a six-figure pension and the average pension payment was $56,559, according to the article.  

While six-figure pensions make up seven percent of the total pension payments in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties, less than one percent of retired educators in the remaining Illinois counties bring home that amount, according to the Daily Herald.