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Former state university employee Atkins paid in $2K to pension fund, could collect $91K in retirement

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Former state university employee Beth Atkins, who retired in May 2016, saved $1,856 toward a pension over 8 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Atkins would collect as much as $90,928, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Atkins received $1,911 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 1 years of retirement, Atkins will have already received $1,911 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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