Family Taxpayers Foundation

Kenilworth School District 38

Average Pay Increases and Estimated Pensions

The following charts measure pay increases, not decreases. They answer a simple question: "For those full time employees who received more money from the first year to the last within a time frame, what is the average pay increase?" The salary data used comes directly from the Illinois State Board of Education. Click here to learn more. For more information about how public school teachers and administrators are paid, click here.

Our pension calculation is based upon what's possible when an individual is at least 55 years old with 34 years of service. Those with less than 34 years who continue to work will, in most cases, have higher pensions than those calculated. Those members who retire with less than 34 years may have lower pensions than those calculated. For information on the Teachers' Retirement System in Illinois click here. For more information regarding the financial obligation placed on taxpayers by the current pension system, click here.

We encourage you to click on the percentages below to see the full list and the actual dollar amounts. How do they compare to your own pay increases and pension?

Average One-Year Pay Increase: Teachers Administrators Inflation (CPI)

1998/1999 - 1999/2000 2.8% 8.1% 3.4%

1999/2000 - 2000/2001 8.7% 14.1% 1.6%

2000/2001 - 2001/2002 5.0% 1.9% 2.4%

2001/2002 - 2002/2003 6.7% 5.0% 1.9%

2002/2003 - 2003/2004 8.3% 10.3% 3.3%

2003/2004 - 2004/2005 8.4% 17.7% 3.4%

Average Three-Year Pay Increase

AND Estimated Pensions: Teachers Administrators Inflation (CPI)

1999/2000 - 2002/2003 18.0% 11.3% 5.9%

2000/2001 - 2003/2004 17.9% 18.1% 7.6%

2001/2002 - 2004/2005 20.8% 39.1% 8.6%

According to the Social Security Administration, the average Social Security check for retired Illinoisans is approximately $1,000 per month, $12,000 per year.

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Posted March 4, 2007.