Four different plans for Illinois pension repayment

The early years of pension funding projections vary widely from plan to plan. The state’s existing "Edgar Ramp" policy, enacted in 1994, has Illinois reaching 90% pension funding by 2045 — but what if it could happen sooner?

We've crunched the numbers in the early years in order to visualize the near-term effect. Data represents the projected funding ratio at that point in time; click or tap the tabs below to toggle between four different pension funding strategies, and where they'll be by 2031.