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Former state university employee Reynolds paid in $373K to pension fund, could collect $9.65M in retirement

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Former state university employee Laura Reynolds, who retired in August 2016, saved $372,724 toward a pension over 36 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Reynolds would collect as much as $9.65 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Reynolds received $202,803 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Reynolds will have already received $411,690 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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