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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Former paramedic Bender paid in $79K to pension fund, could collect $424K in retirement

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Former paramedic Kathrin Bender, who retired in August 2017, saved $79,352 toward a pension over 14 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Bender would collect as much as $423,822, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Bender received $8,908 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 9 years of retirement, Bender will have already received $90,498 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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