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Former fire engineer Montanez paid in $182K to pension fund, could collect $3.73M in retirement

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Former fire engineer Edwin Montanez, who retired in November 2017, saved $181,560 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, Montanez would collect as much as $3.73 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Montanez received $78,371 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Montanez will have already received $242,237 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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