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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Former EMT fire engineer Goodman paid in $203K to pension fund, could collect $4.07M in retirement

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Former EMT fire engineer Paul Goodman, who retired in November 2018, saved $203,095 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, Goodman would collect as much as $4.07 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Goodman received $85,537 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Goodman will have already received $264,386 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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