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Former teacher Paige paid in $96K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $2.37M in retirement

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Former teacher Marilyn Paige, who retired in October 2018, saved $96,037 toward a pension over 31 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Paige would collect as much as $2.37 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Paige received $49,877 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Paige will have already received $101,250 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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