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Former state university employee Pacyniak paid in $4K to pension fund, could collect $124K in retirement

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Former state university employee Basia Pacyniak, who retired in August 2018, saved $3,926 toward a pension over 7 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Pacyniak would collect as much as $123,526, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Pacyniak received $2,596 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Pacyniak will have already received $5,270 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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