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Former elementary teacher Pomerantz paid in $5K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $94K in retirement

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Former elementary teacher Mary Pomerantz, who retired in November 2018, saved $5,312 toward a pension over 1 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Pomerantz would collect as much as $93,639, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Pomerantz received $1,968 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Pomerantz will have already received $6,083 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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