Will County Gazette

The University Park Firefighters Pension Fund had 15 active participants receiving an average salary of $77,233 in 2016, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The DOI biennial report shows active University Park Firefighters Pension Fund participants earned $1,158,502 in total salaries in 2016.

Statewide, there are 591,687 active pensioners in the state's 666 public retirement systems and pension funds. The average salary is $56,467. In all, active pension fund participants earned $18,095,309,637 in total salaries.

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Change 2012-2016
Active pensioners	16	17	17	16	15	-1
Average salary	$68,600	$71,508	$73,034	$78,766	$77,233	$8,633