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Former state university employee Lewis paid in $29K to pension fund, could collect $896K in retirement

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Former state university employee Delilah Lewis, who retired in February 2017, saved $29,214 toward a pension over 21 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Lewis would collect as much as $895,761, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Lewis received $18,828 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Lewis will have already received $38,221 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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