The "compare states" feature of the public sector pension calculator shows Illinois paying much higher pensions than other states with the exact same salary and years of service data used to determine pension rates. Per the Manhattan Institute Organization: "These are estimates, as of 2013. Pension benefits' exact value can be affected by numerous factors that vary between systems, such as "pension spiking" and cost-of-living-adjustment provisions."
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