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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Former EMT firefighter Jones paid in $72K to pension fund, could collect $1.33M in retirement

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Former EMT firefighter Gordon Jones, who retired in March 2016, saved $71,746 toward a pension over 10 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Jones would collect as much as $1.33 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Jones received $27,878 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Jones will have already received $86,167 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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