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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Former paramedic Ostrowski paid in $224K to pension fund, could collect $4.35M in retirement

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Former paramedic Carl Ostrowski, who retired in November 2016, saved $223,939 toward a pension over 35 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Ostrowski would collect as much as $4.35 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Ostrowski received $91,425 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Ostrowski will have already received $282,586 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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