Your contributions are equal to 8 percent of your gross earnings, including earnings for overtime and summer sessions.
Full-time community college employees (except City Colleges of Chicago) pay an additional 0.5 percent of earnings to fund a health insurance plan devised for community college retirees.
If you began working for a SURS-covered employer on or after April 1, 1986, your employer is required to deduct contributions for Medicare from your gross earnings. Currently, this contribution equals 1.45 percent of gross earnings.
Police/Firefighters have special rules that allow them to contribute 9.5 percent of gross earnings.
Contributions are deducted from your salary by your employer and forwarded to SURS.