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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Former firefighter Gorny paid in $176K to pension fund, could collect $3.58M in retirement

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Former firefighter Richard Gorny, who retired in July 2018, saved $176,114 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, Gorny would collect as much as $3.58 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Gorny received $75,229 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Gorny will have already received $232,526 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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