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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Former EMT captain Rice paid in $258K to pension fund, could collect $5M in retirement

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Former EMT captain James Rice, who retired in November 2018, saved $257,711 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, Rice would collect as much as $5 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Rice received $105,000 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Rice will have already received $324,545 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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