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Monday, December 23, 2024

Former EMT battalion chief Knapp paid in $229K to pension fund, could collect $5.19M in retirement

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Former EMT battalion chief Jerry Knapp, who retired in November 2016, saved $229,017 toward a pension over 29 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Knapp would collect as much as $5.19 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Knapp received $109,052 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Knapp will have already received $337,070 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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