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Former teacher Harris paid in $100K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $1.54M in retirement

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Former teacher Jacqueline Harris, who retired in October 2016, saved $100,387 toward a pension over 19 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Harris would collect as much as $1.54 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Harris received $32,397 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 4 years of retirement, Harris will have already received $135,537 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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