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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Former EMT battalion chief Owsianiak paid in $216K to pension fund, could collect $4.88M in retirement

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Former EMT battalion chief Mark Owsianiak, who retired in December 2017, saved $216,410 toward a pension over 27 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Owsianiak would collect as much as $4.88 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Owsianiak received $102,645 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Owsianiak will have already received $317,265 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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