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Thursday, May 1, 2025

Former captain Gaughan paid in $217K to pension fund, could collect $4.6M in retirement

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Former captain Martin Gaughan, who retired in November 2017, saved $216,705 toward a pension over 31 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Gaughan would collect as much as $4.6 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Gaughan received $96,619 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Gaughan will have already received $298,641 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.