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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Former EMT lieutenant Sutherland paid in $171K to pension fund, could collect $4.24M in retirement

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Former EMT lieutenant David Sutherland, who retired in September 2016, saved $171,492 toward a pension over 37 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Sutherland would collect as much as $4.24 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Sutherland received $89,022 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Sutherland will have already received $180,715 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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