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Former EMT lieutenant Soto paid in $158K to pension fund, could collect $4.23M in retirement

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Former EMT lieutenant Manuel Soto, who retired in December 2018, saved $157,750 toward a pension over 28 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Soto would collect as much as $4.23 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Soto received $88,951 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Soto will have already received $180,571 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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