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Monday, May 20, 2024

Former teacher Herrera paid in $87K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $1.37M in retirement

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Former teacher Julia Herrera, who retired in January 2016, saved $87,331 toward a pension over 15 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Herrera would collect as much as $1.37 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Herrera received $28,717 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Herrera will have already received $88,762 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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