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Former state university employee Giannavola paid in $8K to pension fund, could collect $708K in retirement

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Former state university employee Samuel Giannavola, who retired in February 2016, saved $7,678 toward a pension over 5 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Giannavola would collect as much as $708,493, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Giannavola received $14,892 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Giannavola will have already received $14,892 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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