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Former EMT captain Peretz paid in $161K to pension fund, could collect $4.9M in retirement

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Former EMT captain Jeffrey Peretz, who retired in September 2017, saved $160,733 toward a pension over 38 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Peretz would collect as much as $4.9 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Peretz received $103,087 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Peretz will have already received $209,267 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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