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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Former battalion chief Altman paid in $230K to pension fund, could collect $5.01M in retirement

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Former battalion chief Michael Altman, who retired in November 2017, saved $229,656 toward a pension over 30 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Altman would collect as much as $5.01 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Altman received $105,365 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Altman will have already received $325,673 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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