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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Former firefighter Kramer paid in $154K to pension fund, could collect $2.93M in retirement

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Former firefighter Richard Kramer, who retired in December 2017, saved $153,692 toward a pension over 25 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Kramer would collect as much as $2.93 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Kramer received $61,572 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Kramer will have already received $190,313 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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