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Former state university employee White paid in $287K to pension fund, could collect $7.19M in retirement

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Former state university employee Bryan White, who retired in January 2017, saved $286,925 toward a pension over 33 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, White would collect as much as $7.19 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes White received $151,196 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, White will have already received $306,928 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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