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Friday, April 19, 2024

Former teacher Harmon paid in $68K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $1.19M in retirement

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Former teacher Diane Harmon, who retired in October 2016, saved $67,572 toward a pension over 14 years working for public schools, Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Harmon would collect as much as $1.19 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Harmon received $25,027 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Harmon will have already received $77,356 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.

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